Are the rich smarter or just craftier than the rest of us?

By Ross Gittins
Updated February 14 2016 - 4:08pm, first published February 13 2016 - 12:15am
Bill Gates, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft. Photo: Michel Euler
Bill Gates, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft. Photo: Michel Euler
Sports stars like Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant are beneficiaries of the 'superstar' effect. Photo: Darren Abate
Sports stars like Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant are beneficiaries of the 'superstar' effect. Photo: Darren Abate

Everyone knows the gap between rich and poor has been widening in most developed countries, but why is it happening? Have the rich been smarter and harder working, or have they just been craftier than the rest of us?

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