Wealth

The Wealth of Asia (illustration)

There are 22 million Chinese living along the periphery of China, largely in the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Fortune magazine called this “the most powerful economic force in Asia, second only to Japan.” And Japan has 100 million pe …

What Does it Mean to Be Rich? (illustration)

The Rich Young Ruler obviously made a wrong choice, but think about this. No matter how much wealth he had, he could not ride in a car. have any surgery, turn on a light, buy penicillin, hear a pipe organ, watch TV, wash dishes in running water, type a letter, fly in an airplane, …