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A businessman walks by a police blockade along Wall Street during 'Occupy Wall Street' demonstrations on September 17, 2012.

Are the Rich More Selfish Than the Rest of Us?

The wealthy evade taxes and are less likely to donate to charity, but does this mean they're more selfish than everyone else? New research Suggests not.
By Jan Stoop,  James Andreoni,  and Nikos Nikiforakis
The Season of the Brich

Season of the Brich

They may flaunt their designer bags or Château Haut-Brion, but in reality the brich—the broke and rich—stay afloat on borrowed fumes…multiple credit card advances, the kindness of friends, and the like...until the day, they fear, that it is all pulled out from under them.
By Richard Kirshenbaum
57th Street in the 1970s, in a very different New York. (Shilpot/flickr.)

Pied-a-Terre Owners Use City Services, Too: On the Myth of the Benevolent Billionaire

On the myth of the benevolent billionaire, giving to the city with a real estate investment and asking nothing in return.
By Kim Velsey
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the radio.

Mayor Bloomberg Says Bluntness Helped Make Him Rich

By Jill Colvin

<em>New York Post</em> Gobsmacked by Gorgeous, Wealthy Wives Who Also Think, Do Things

By Natalie Shure
Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio. (Photo: The New School)

De Blasio Presents Agenda for Those Without ‘Caviar Pizza’ and Edible Gold

By Jill Colvin
Great news for the developers of ultra prime real estate: the rich are getting richer!

Luxury Real Estate Developers Salivate As the Rich Get Richer

By Kim Velsey
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