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How inheritance can make you complicit in systems you oppose

My great-aunt left me her house but the neighborhood has gentrified partly because of people like her, and now I'm part of a system I oppose just by owning it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Inherited assets can trap recipients in economic systems that conflict with their social and political values.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Inherited wealth and its complications?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.