Profiles

If inequality keeps billionare Ray Dalio up at night, he could shrink his holdings through bold capital allocations aggressively focused on changing how we live, work, fly, and play.

Stated simply, gold-standard proponents seek a dollar that is widely trusted as a constant measure of value. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The rich get rich by virtue of making what's dear rather cheap, thus helping the poor the most.

So impressive is compensation in the U.S. that even fast food businesses are bidding up wages to compete.