Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family--How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assets for Generations (Bloomberg Book 34)

The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct time scales. To survive means to compete successfully on all six time scales. But the unit of survival is different at each of the six time scales. On a time scale of years, the unit is the individual. On a time scale of decades, the unit is the family. On a time sc... See more

Over the next 20 years, Baby Boomers will pass down $30 trillion to the next generation. This will be the greatest wealth transfer in human history, yet only 30% of Americans have a will.