On the Earliest Income Inequality and Economic Growth

Atayev, Atabek (2013): On the Earliest Income Inequality and Economic Growth.

Abstract

Analysis of the earliest income inequality and economic growth reveal new insight on interrelation between the variable. This is why our study focuses on analyzing causes of the earliest inequality and growth. We find that external power exercised by slave owners is force which has given occasion to inequality and growth and their positive correlation. This finding provides fundamentally different understanding of the issue.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Division of Labor, Economic Growth, Freedom, Game Theory, Income Inequality, Slavery
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D00 - General; D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O40 - General; P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems

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