| #1499923 in Books | Princeton University Press | 2007-12-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.88 x6.14l,1.22 | File Name: 0691134510 | 392 pages |
|||"Sociologist Beckert provides a thoughtful overview and analysis of the development of inheritance law in the US, Germany, and France, focusing on the period from the 1700s to the present. . . . Beckert successfully argues that the three countries' trajectori
How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality through inheritance square with the principle of equal opportunity? Does democracy suffer when family wealth becomes political power?
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Inherited Wealth | Jens Beckert.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
