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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/4/19
What new research on slave-owning dynasties tell us about how wealth is really handed down
The contribution of an ambitious new analysis from Leah Boustan of Princeton University, Katherine Eriksson of the University of California at Davis and Philipp Ager of the University of Southern Denmark.
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SOURCE: Time Magazine
7-31-15
The 10 richest people of all time
The list includes Bill Gates and somebody you never heard of: Mansa Musa.
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SOURCE: CNN
6-1-14
The richest Americans in history
by Steve Hargreaves
Silicon Valley may be minting billionaires today, but tech wealth doesn't touch the riches of the robber barons.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
3-18-14
Another rich guy says populists are like Nazis
Remember the story about the rich guy comparing left-wing populism to Nazism? It’s happening again, only this time it’s a different rich guy.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
2-4-14
Gregory Clark: Family weath lasts 10 to 15 generations
Clark is an historian of social mobility.
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