Gregory Clark's work makes me wonder what % of rising inequality is just due to elites having fewer children for 200 years or so.
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(Although they may have completely correctly judged that there were fewer places for them - "big animal" theory)
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@KevinSimler oh just musing about what I've heard about The Son Also Rises (I've only read small segments so far)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing (1) great title for a book (2) is "big animal" theory really a thing?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@KevinSimler I first heard about this from Weiss http://www.humanbiologicaldiversity.com/articles/Weiss,%20Volkmar.%20%22The%20Population%20Cycle%20Drives%20Human%20History%20_%20from%20a%20Eugenic%20Phase%20into%20a%20Dysgenic%20Phase%20and%20Eventual%20Collapse.%22%20The%20Journal%20of%20Social,%20Political%20and%20Economic%20Studies%2032%20(2007).pdf … - not sure how much of a thing it is reallypic.twitter.com/LUhVW7k0DU
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@sarahdoingthing thanks... I'm gonna have to mull on that for a while :)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@KevinSimler also my husband notes Peter Turchin has written on "elite overproduction" as a cause of war & strife http://socialevolutionforum.com/2013/11/20/elite-overproduction-brings-disorder/ …
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