Inheritances and the Distribution of Wealth or Whatever Happened to the Great Inheritance Boom? Results from the SCF and PSID — by Edward N. Wolff, Maury Gittleman
Posted: March 2, 2011 Filed under: Equality, Inheritance, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Inheritances and the Distribution of Wealth or Whatever Happened to the Great Inheritance Boom? Results from the SCF and PSID — by Edward N. Wolff, Maury Gittleman
Does Being *Relatively* Poor Inflict Severe Psychological Damage?
Posted: May 31, 2010 Filed under: Equality, Poverty Leave a comment »http://cafehayek.com/2010/05/does-being-relatively-poor-inflict-severe-psychological-damage.html
“If being relatively poor were truly a devastating psychological experience for most people, Hispanics would remain in Latin America instead of immigrating to – and remaining in – the United States where, in their relative poverty here, they are “far outside the mainstream.”
Mises on Equality
Posted: February 6, 2010 Filed under: Equality, Inequality, Utilitarianism Leave a comment »“Equality under the law was in their opinion not designed to correct the inexorable facts of the universe and to make natural inequality disappear. It was, on the contrary, the device to secure for the whole of mankind the maximum benefits it can derive from it. Hence no man-made institutions should prevent a man from attaining that station in which he can best serve his fellow citizens.”
Human Action, page 838 (XXXV, 3)
The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: Egalitarianism, Equality, Taxes, Utilitarianism Leave a comment »http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/pol.2.1.155
Equality 2081 Trailer
Posted: December 10, 2009 Filed under: 1984, Equality, Inequality Leave a comment »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKHzFWkH0Po
