<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nurul E</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ne_atl@onebox.com">ne_atl@onebox.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:21 PM<br>Subject: FYI - Dutch scientists put together a mathematical analysis of inequality in society ¦ PNAS <br>To: <br><br><br><p dir="ltr">Hi & FYI, if not already seen:</p>
<p dir="ltr">A group of Dutch scientists have put together a mathematical analysis of inequality. </p>
<p dir="ltr">"Inequality is one of the main drivers of social tension. We show striking similarities between patterns of inequality between species abundances in nature and wealth in society. </p>
<p dir="ltr">We demonstrate that in the absence of equalizing forces, such large inequality will arise from chance alone. </p>
<p dir="ltr">While natural enemies have an equalizing effect in nature, inequality in societies can be suppressed by wealth-equalizing institutions. However, over the past millennium, such institutions have been weakened during periods of societal upscaling. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Our analysis suggests that due to the very same mathematical principle that rules natural communities (indeed, a 'law of nature' ) extreme wealth inequality is inevitable in a globalizing world unless effective wealth-equalizing institutions are installed on a global scale"</p>
<p dir="ltr">Abstract </p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://m.pnas.org/content/114/50/13154.abstract" target="_blank">http://m.pnas.org/content/114/<wbr>50/13154.abstract</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Full Text, from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://m.pnas.org/content/114/50/13154.full" target="_blank">http://m.pnas.org/content/114/<wbr>50/13154.full</a><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards, <br>
- Nurul </p>
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