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Inheritance Boom Underway

BagA Boston College study projects a huge jump in inheritance funds being transfered in the coming years. The study projects that between heirs, charities, and taxes, $59 trillion will pass hands from 2007 to 2061. The projections have their critics that are calling it a myth and pointing out that evidence of the inheritance boom is yet to be seen.

See Robert Frank, Heirs to Inherit $36 Trillion for Doing Nothing, Huffington Post, May 29, 2014.