News tagged with wealth inheritance
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Why not marry your cousin? Millions do
The health risks of marrying a cousin have been grossly overstated, says a new book.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Climate change doubles cost of conserving nature
Climate change will make conservation of biodiversity, and all the associated human benefits such as clean water and clean air, more challenging and expensive, with costs increasing by more than 100 percent ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Was St. Patrick a slave-trading Roman official who fled to Ireland?
With St Patrick's Day upon us, a new study asks whether the saint fled his native Britain to escape a career as a Roman tax collector, only to arrive in Ireland and sell slaves.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Most Americans save only about half of their inheritances, study finds
A new national study suggests that adults who receive an inheritance save only about half of what they receive, while spending, donating or losing the rest.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012 |
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'The Social Network': Charles Dickens wrote the script
He looked at the technological revolution unfolding around him and recognized the possibility for new kinds of social networks, and the insight catapulted him to the pinnacle of his field and changed popular culture forever.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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A rare survey of the one percent
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though little reliable survey research exists about the nation’s wealthiest one percent, public discourse is rife with claims about their opinions and attitudes. Now a Northwestern University pilot study ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Societies with class structure expand faster than egalitarian ones, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Arguably the worst feature of societies with class structures – the disproportionate suffering of the poor – may have been the driving force behind the spread of those stratified societies across ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Raising a child doesn't take a village, research shows
It doesn't take a village to raise a child after all, according to University of Michigan research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Chance favors the concentration of wealth, study shows
Most of our society's wealth is invested in businesses or other ventures that may or may not pan out. Thus, chance plays a role in where the wealth of a society will end up.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 21, 2011 |
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300 years of list-making
Personal inventories spanning three centuries are helping researchers unlock the mysteries of how economies edge towards growth and prosperity.
May 23, 2011 |
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