Ann Romney, she of the couple'a Cadillacs, the wife of an ex-governor finance millionaire who last year complained about being unemployed while bringing in over $20 million in income on interest, appeared on Fox News today to say some Oblivious, Tone Deaf Rich Lady things to the American people. Namely, that she…

A new study from the Department of Making You Feel Better About Yourself has concluded that there may be more to the stereotype of the rich jerk than meets the eye — in many cases, wealthy people are more prone to act like dicks than the rest of the population.

According to personal finance experts and many colorful charts, attending college can significantly increase one's lifetime earning potential. Unfortunately, if you're poor and get yourself a fancy degree, you'll be too highfalutin for your poor peers and smell too much of the servant caste to be accepted by your…

Despite the millions of magnetic car stickers that demanded Americans Stand United, the opposite's happening. The wealthy highbrow elite are moving culturally further and further from their Cheeto dust huffing, sexy mudflap buying dirt-folk, and the cultural class divide's only going to widen. That is, unless we…

Charities better start sucking up to ladies. New research has found that wealthy American women control their households' philanthropic efforts almost exclusively, and that they decide to which cause their money should go based on research, analysis, and a smidgen of ladyfeelings.

Finishing school, once the realm of the tiny daughters of steel magnates training for a future in rich housewifery, is now a different animal. While finishing-school grads can still walk like non-water buffalos and clap after the opera in a way that doesn't cause mass monocle-poppings, the reason for mastering the…

Rebecca Mead's profile of Daphne Guinness from this week's New Yorker aims to explain the nature of the heiress/fashion star's appeal. And just what it is that she does all day.

For the first time ever, women comprise (slightly) more than ten percent of the UK Sunday Times "Rich List." This is a dubious accomplishment, at least as far as assessing female progress, given that almost all of the women on the list achieved her wealth via family connections, including marriage, divorce, and…

"Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle" reads the motto helpfully left on the pillow of each penitent doing the Ranch at Live Oak cleanse. At $800 and 1500 calories a day, easy for them to say.

According to this woman, elocution lessons, a new wardrobe and a lot of study. The better question is, what's in it for the dude?

Are you jealous of rich people, what with their indoor riding arenas and weddings that become national holidays? Take heart, commoners: the rich have less empathy than the rest of us.

CBS, the network behind I Get That A Lot — in which celebs do "ordinary" jobs — will soon air The Same Name, a show in which a celeb switches lives with a normal person with the same name.

Did you know that borscht tastes better when cooked in a diamond-encrusted saucepan? Or that luxury lingerie is sexier than regular lingerie? The Russians learned these lessons—and more!—at a "millionaire's fair" in Moscow. (Note: Your dog needs a new mink.)

Rich people have been in the news a lot this week (like every other week). And we've learned some new things about them. For instance, they are mean. Also, the lady-rich crave a personal touch.

Los Angeles and federal authorities are arguing about whose fault it is that Roman Polanski wasn't extradited. But some Swiss papers say their government was swayed by his wealth and fame.

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Yesterday, a headline in the Post-Gazette worked its way around Twitter: Study finds median wealth for single black women at $5. Most outlets qualified the link by calling it "shocking" or mentioning the five dollar figure was not a typo.