Evercore Publishes Independent Thinking, Volume 48

The latest edition of Independent Thinking, published by Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, is now out. Our focus here is on the secrets of successful families in transferring wealth to children and grandchildren. We also look at the…

Successful Families: Transferring Assets and Values

You may have heard the proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations,” but did you know that Italians say that families go “from stalls to stars to stalls”; Chinese caution that “wealth never survives three generations”; Mexicans warn of “first-generation…

Is Demography Destiny?

The 19th-century philosopher Auguste Comte is often credited with coining the aphorism “demography is destiny.” If so, he had a point. Certainly, shifts in populations – caused by births, deaths, and immigration – can herald transformative societal and economic change.…

“Womenomics” in the United States

It’s been almost 25 years since a Japanese economist, Kathy Matsui, put forward the concept of “womenomics” as an antidote to sluggish economic growth. The concept, rooted in a belief in gender equality, was that full female participation in the…

Close