Kings and queens of the mountain. Many wealthy Americans choose a life of hard work in the pursuit of high-quality consumption. Image Credit: sorbetto/Getty Images
Wealthy Americans work as much as or more than the less affluent ones. They are just as likely to have jobs, work nearly the same number of hours each week and maintain a similar number of working weeks throughout the year.
Furthermore, a significant portion of the wealth held by affluent Americans is generated, not inherited. And they have accumulated it by working long hours, leveraging what economists refer to as “human capital,” which encompasses innate abilities and hard and soft skills that contribute to enhanced productivity on the job, whether it be for somebody else’s company or for their own.
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