Why the super rich are inevitable
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Why some mathematicians argue the economy is designed to create a few super rich people – unless we stop it.

The simple math of the Yard-Sale Model shows that if everybody started out with equal money in a fair economy, the outcome tends toward one person holding all of the money. The cool graphical simulations on this page demonstrate why.

  • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Another simulation… that’s mainstream in american society… Landlords Game – IE what’s now Monopoly. By definition everyone starts with the same amount of money, and it ends with one person massively ahead and everyone else going bankrupt.

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Well yes, but have you tried just throwing the board across the room when that one person gets massively ahead and you land on Pacific avenue with a hotel on it?