By The Numbers — women + Gender GaP + EstateS

Angle 1: Wealth transfer coverage celebrates women's newfound economic power, but obscures how the tax system actively penalizes widows. Is this an accident of policy, or a feature? Angle 2: Financial services companies are marketing solutions to a 'preparedness crisis' they've helped create. The data will show whether women's concerns are rooted in genuine knowledge gaps or manufactured uncertainty. Angle 3: Celebrating gender equality in inheritance ignores that the wealth transfer is increasingly concentrated among fewer families. We're measuring progress by the wrong metric. Angle 4: Wealth transfer narratives celebrate the number of dollars moving between generations. But the data on inheritor wellbeing tells a different story: sudden wealth often brings sudden stress.