Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0838 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Wealth Concentrates
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The idea
Wealth concentrates because assets generate returns, returns can be reinvested, and the accumulated stock transfers at death — none of which is true of a wage.
In practice
Property and holdings appreciate while their owner sleeps; an hour of labor pays once.
Where people slip
The mechanism is structural and requires no unusual conduct by anyone holding assets.
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