Despite the triumphalism, various statistics measuring national wealth do not show conclusively that the American model is the best.

Measuring national wealth with the addition of these novel yardsticks led to counterintuitive results.

The main problem with this demand for money function is that of finding a method of measuring total wealth.

The analysis did not measure wealth directly.

This technique for measuring wealth has long been used in standard economic studies, though critics have challenged that tradition.

That money, plus his incredible fame, helped him debut in third place on our annual Celebrity 100 list, which measures wealth and fame.

There are a number of different ways in which we can measure wealth.

But our rankings formula shows that we don't mainly measure wealth.

Analysis encompasses measuring identifiable wealth, to include land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies.

An additional consideration is to measure wealth per person - not aggregate town wealth.