News tagged with wealth
Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying the patterns that emerge in natural and social phenomena is a popular area of research, although usually individual phenomena are studied separately from each other. In a recent study, ...
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
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The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to an international study coordinated by ...
Father-son team says positive gains can be made in 'psychological wealth'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 08, 2009 |
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A focus on psychological wealth rather than financial wealth can help people get through today's tough times, according to two of the world's leading psychological experts on happiness. More money makes people feel better ...
Wealth is good for your health, finds study
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wealth and social class has a greater impact on the health and well-being of the elderly than previously realised, according to new research.
Small steps can improve your health and wealth
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as a team can achieve more than an individual, so can resolutions to improve your health and to improve your finances reinforce each other, say Montana State University Extension specialists.
Credit crunch hits cash-strapped homeowners
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Homeowners have drawn on their biggest asset, the roof over their heads, not to fund 'champagne moments' but to get through hard times; that's the finding of a preliminary study by Durham University.
Debunking the 'curse of oil'
Jul 07, 2008 |
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A paper co-written by an Indiana University economics professor takes issue with the widespread idea that there is a "natural resource curse" that puts countries with oil or mineral wealth at a disadvantage when it comes ...
