Study Prof

The link between IQ and wealth is … non-existent!  That's according to a longitudinal study that's been going on since 1979.  Higher IQ individuals do tend to earn higher incomes, but that doesn't translate to increased wealth.  In other words, higher IQ people are just as likely to overspend and incur debt as their lower IQ counterparts.

Although the study isn't directly linked to academics it might lend credence to some ideas you might have read on this blog before.  As I've noted other places, sheer brain power has much less to do with academic success than other factors such as study skills mastery and self-control.