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Are Social Structures Determined By The Economy?

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  • G. CORSO

    (International Center for Complex Systems and Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59078 970, Natal, RN, Brazil)

  • L. S. LUCENA

    (International Center for Complex Systems and Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59078 970, Natal, RN, Brazil)

  • Z. D. THOMÉ

    (International Center for Complex Systems and Departamento de Física Teórica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59078 970, Natal, RN, Brazil)

Abstract

We simulate the interplay between productive and financial activity using a model that considers equal opportunities among individuals of a society. As the simulation evolves in time, three qualitative wealth distribution profiles are generated according to the flux of productive capital. We relate these curves to different socioeconomic structures: a primitive equalitarian society; a medieval society having a distribution of wealth with castes and discontinuities; and a modern society where this distribution is roughly exponential.

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  • G. Corso & L. S. Lucena & Z. D. Thomé, 2003. "Are Social Structures Determined By The Economy?," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(01), pages 73-80.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:14:y:2003:i:01:n:s0129183103004218
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183103004218
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