In a prior column, I highlighted the life and work of Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, who gave away that multi-billion-dollar company to organizations working on the environment, including ...

Choosing a primary beneficiary - and contingent beneficiaries - is the only way to ensure that your funds are allocated according to your wishes. The per capita designation is usually the default ...

In reporting on government spending, please provide the per-capita amounts! In the Dec. 5 Plain Dealer article headlined, “U.S. is running out of money for Ukraine,” Zeke Miller of the Associated ...

Per stirpes ensures descendants inherit an equal share of an estate, even if an heir predeceases. Per capita divides estate equally only among living heirs, excluding descendants of deceased heirs.

You've kept your will updated regularly to make sure your assets are distributed according to your wishes upon death. Have you done the same thing with your beneficiary designations? If not, your ...

Has anyone taken the time to question the per capita (head) tax that we have to pay every year? Per capita is Latin meaning “for each head.” This tax’s initial purpose was on the heads of southern ...

South Dakota, Wisconsin and North Carolina had the lowest per capita net pension liabilities at the end of the 2017 fiscal year. South Dakota is the only state in the U.S. with an overfunded pension ...

The United States is not united at all. We live in two countries, divided by politics, wealth, health and education. Almost two centuries ago, British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli wrote: “Two ...

The Indian economy, expanding at a breakneck pace, now ranks among the top five largest economies globally. Despite this, however, it grapples with a relatively low per capita share. India's sizeable ...

At least 45 countries issued lockdowns to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in March and April. Sweden was not one of them. Instead, the "Swedish model" encourages residents to voluntarily ...