MoneyWeek magazine issue 369

Feb 01, 2008 / issue 369

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From the editor

By Merryn Somerset Webb

Nigella’s lucky dilemma
There’s been much fuss this week about Nigella Lawson and her statement in an interview with My Weekly magazine that she has determined to leave her children no money at all. Why? Because she wants them to understand that “you have to work in order to earn money”.

Not having to earn money, says Lawson – who the newspapers claim is worth around £15m – “ruins people”. This all sounds a bit harsh – most of us are desperate to give our children some kind of financial security – but she does have a point.

Read the full editor's letter here: Nigella’s lucky dilemma

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