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Why the world needs the uber-wealthy

My colleagues in the business press lavish an extraordinary amount of space on the world's richest people,which is altogether fitting and proper, considering how much they can teach us about the important matters of life.

The most recent Merrill Lynch CapGemini World Wealth Report was an absolute delight.
The 14th edition of the annual report card of the wealthy came out a week or so ago when the Dow was still in the five digits, and I was thrilled to learn that the world's oil sheiks and oligarchs have had a good

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