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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by InitialLastName on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:29AM (#18875064)
So maybe "art, gold, land, and 600 years of government that respects the continuity of property holdings of their subjects".
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by Tade0 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:50AM (#18875348)
That's a pretty rare occurrence. IIRC France and Italy(or actually various states occupying this territory throughout history) qualify here.

Not sure about Germany with its cycles of partition and unification but everything east of Berlin to the Ural mountains is out of the question.

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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by silexia on Friday January 11, 2019 @08:42AM (#18883490)
We need to tax wealth, not income, to increase social mobility. Taxing income hurts entrepreneurs, taxing wealth pushes the idle rich to work harder.
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by koheripbal on Friday January 11, 2019 @01:05PM (#18885409)
Taxing wealth will only increase the mobility of the wealthy.
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