Inherited Wealth

by Jens Beckert

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?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691134510
• ISBN13: 9780691134512
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"