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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by bayesian_horse on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:00AM (#18872971)
Another mechanism may be that rich families tend to attract richer-than-average persons to marry into them.

The biggest problem is that wealth means power and power means you take wealth from less powerful people.

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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by tomp on Thursday January 10, 2019 @08:43AM (#18873723)
This just means that the average spousal wealth doesn't change with marriage (assuming sharing of all assets). It doesn't explain why wealth stays the same over longer periods of time / over generations.
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by bayesian_horse on Thursday January 10, 2019 @02:34PM (#18877227)
My point is that the family name will be preferentially handed down the more affluent "blood lines".
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