The combined net worth of the 2012 class of the 400 richest Americans is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion a year ago. The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is a staggering $4.2 billion, up from $3.8 billion, and the highest ever, as two-thirds of the individuals added to their fortunes in the past year. Another factor: the gap between the very rich and the merely rich is widening.
paternalism (pÂ·terËÂ·nlÂ·izm), n a conflict between beneficence and auton-omy, such as when a practitioner ignores the choice that a patient makes because he or she feels that more good can be done by the practitioner's judgment. See also beneficence and autonomy.
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought. 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, âThe Battle Between Intuition and Deliberationâ, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 74: Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that â ...