McCaffery insists that one major reason many people have for accumulating wealth is to

a. gain political power.
b. leave a significant estate for their children.
c. indulge in conspicuous displays of their wealth.
d. "win" the unspoken contest of trying to accumulate the greatest fortune.
e. to endow public works or public institutions.


b

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