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Inherited Wealth
Jens Beckert
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik
Beschreibung
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?
The first in-depth, comparative study of the development of inheritance law in the United States, France, and Germany, Inherited Wealth investigates longstanding political and intellectual debates over inheritance laws and explains why these laws still differ so greatly among these countries. Using a sociological perspective, Jens Beckert sheds light on the four most controversial issues in inheritance law during the past two centuries: the freedom to dispose of one's property as one wishes, the rights of family members to the wealth bequeathed, the dissolution of entails (which restrict inheritance to specific classes of heirs), and estate taxation. Beckert shows that while the United States, France, and Germany have all long defended inheritance rights based on the notion of individual property rights, they have justified limitations on inheritance rights in profoundly different ways, reflecting culturally specific ways of understanding the problems of inherited wealth.
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Tax law, Joseph Caillaux, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Tax, Eduard Bernstein, Civil code, Nationalization, Progressive Era, Spouse, Coutume, Huey Long, Tax competition, Tax reform, Robert Blum, Redistribution of income and wealth, Wealth, Bourgeoisie, Tax incidence, Property law, Progressive tax, New Laws, Law commission, Income, Social liberalism, Public expenditure, Right to property, Radicalism (historical), Politique, Liberal corporatism, George Soros, Primogeniture, Safeguard, Original intent, Neoliberalism, Liberal socialism, Union Movement, Nobility, Progressivism in the United States, Despotism, Liberalism, Rechtsstaat, Marriage settlement (England), Right-wing politics, Utilitarianism, Dynastic wealth, Equal opportunity, Majorat, Political revolution, Institution, Legitimacy (family law), Economics, Republican liberalism, Consumption tax, Fee tail, Individualism, Richard T. Ely, The Spirit of the Laws, Economic power, Economic liberalism, Populism, Tax rate, Private property, Inheritance tax, Estate tax in the United States, Rule against perpetuities, Secularization, Solidarism, Tax revenue, Total loss, Testator