Inheritance, steady-state consumption inequality and the lifetime earnings process

Article Abstract:

Inheritance is commonly seen as tending to increase inequality, yet some economists see it as reducing consumption inequality because it can smooth the impact of earnings inequality. Analyses of the impact of bequests give different results according to which model is used. Models using the linear bequest function show inequality being reduced. Piecewise linear models show different results according to the marginal propensity to bequeath, levels of earnings mobility between generations, and levels of earnings inequality.

Economic aspects, Equality, Inheritance and succession, Legacies, Bequests

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The absolute state of mind in society and the individual

Article Abstract:

The core disposition in society and the individual is known as the absolute state of mind and it is clearly seen as religious fundamentalism in society and as pathological narcissism in individuals. An attempt is made to extract the absolute state of mind that characterizes this fundamentalism in its extreme as well as its rational form and to describe it in psychoanalytical terms.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Narcissism, Fundamentalism, Despotism, Tyranny

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Why not to expect a "world state"

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States are organized to coordinate communication and effort among their component parts and with other systems as well. However, it is not possible for an entity at the global scale, with no external systems to be organized. Thus, leading to a basic question of projecting trends in the size and number of states to anticipate the date at which another type of entity may appear.

Evaluation, Intercultural communication

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