You're looking at one year of wealth creation here, and dancing around the obvious third variable: time. Old people are much more wealthy than young people[1] d

You're looking at one year of wealth creation here, and dancing around the obvious third variable: time. Old people are much more wealthy than young people[1] despite having comparable or lower incomes. [1] http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/11/07/the-rising-age-gap-in-economic-well-being/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/11/07/the-rising-age-gap...