Inheritance and Wealth in America
Inheritance and Wealth in America

Author: Robert K. Miller Jr.

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1489919317

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Inheritance and Wealth in America is a superb collection of original essays, written in nontechnical language by experts in sociology, economics, anthropology, history, law, and other disciplines. Notable chapters provide - an outstanding interpretative history of inheritance in American legal thought - a critical review of the literature on the economics of inheritance at the household and societal levels - a superb history of Federal taxation of wealth transfers, and - a sociological examination of inheritance and its role in class reproduction and stratification. This groundbreaking work is of value to any researcher dealing with the transmission of wealth and privilege across generations.

The Inheritance of Wealth
The Inheritance of Wealth

Author: Daniel Halliday

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0198803354

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Daniel Halliday examines the morality of the right to bequeath or transfer wealth, and argues that inheritance is unjust to the extent that it enhances the intergenerational replication of inequality, concentrating opportunities in certain groups. He presents an egalitarian case for imposition of a significant inheritance tax.

The Pacific Reporter
The Pacific Reporter

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 1198

ISBN-13:

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"Comprising all the decisions of the Supreme Courts of California, Kansas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, District Courts of Appeal and Appellate Department of the Superior Court of California and Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma." (varies)