The average age of inheritance is like 50 and the average sum inherited is like $40k (these numbers are from memory). I couldn't figure out what percentage of p

The average age of inheritance is like 50 and the average sum inherited is like $40k (these numbers are from memory). I couldn't figure out what percentage of people ever receive an inheritance at all, but I don't think it's large. Plainly, this is not generating "generational wealth" that's giving people an enormous head start. These tropes are repeated uncritically because people want them to represent large effects.