Last time I checked on average in the US Asians are financially the highest earning group of people.
No, Askenazi Jews are the highest earning group, followed by white Cubans who fled Castro's revolution and then by the Parsi. Asians come after these groups. But yes, you are correct that Asians are affluent and educated.
The problem with the Asian educational system is that it does not encourage students to develop traits necessary for true advancement. The Asian educational system is ideal for creating large numbers of decently good engineers that propel a country to First World status, yes, but it is terrible at producing elite scientists and researchers.
Making scientific discoveries and inventions requires a different set of skills than earning degrees in engineering or math. It requires the ability to think for oneself and outside the box, traits that the Asian educational system discourages. This probably explains why, even though whites are on average less intelligent and industrious than East Asians, they have made far more scientific discoveries and invented far more things than East Asians
