Wealth, Use of

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• Use of Wealth —     Use of Wealth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Use of Wealth     The term wealth is not used here in the technical sense in which it occurs in treatises on economic subjects, but rather in its common acceptation, synonymous with riches. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Wealth inequality in the United States — refers to the unequal distribution of financial assets among residents of the United States. Wealth includes the values of homes, automobiles, businesses, savings, and investments [Hurst, Charles E. Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and… …   Wikipedia

• Wealth in the United States — is commonly measured in terms of net worth which is the sum of all assets, including home equity minus all liabilities.cite web|url=http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/papers/concentration.2001.10.pdf|title=US Federal Reserve on wealth… …   Wikipedia

• Wealth — For other uses, see Wealth (disambiguation). Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo European word stem.[1] An individual, community,… …   Wikipedia

• Wealth tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …   Wikipedia

• Wealth (economics) — In economics and business, wealth of a person or nation is the value of assets owned net of liabilities owed (to foreigners in the case of a nation) at a point in time. The assets include those that are tangible (land and capital) and financial… …   Wikipedia

• use — 1 /ju:z/ verb (T) 1 USE STH if you use a particular tool, method, service, ability etc, you do something with that tool, by means of that method etc, for a particular purpose: Can I use your phone? | More people are using the library than ever… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wealth — /wɛlθ / (say welth) noun 1. a great store of valuable possessions, property, or riches: the wealth of a city. 2. a rich abundance or profusion of anything: a wealth of imagery. 3. Economics a. all things having a value in money, in exchange, or… …  

• The Gospel of Wealth — Wealth , or what is more commonly known as The Gospel of Wealth , is an essay written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889 that described the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self made rich. The central thesis of Carnegie s essay… …   Wikipedia

• The Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written… …   Wikipedia