The annual Forbes magazine’s lists of the wealthiest individuals in world are a widely used source data about dynamics wealth concentration. They complement estimates global and national concentration published annually by Credit Suisse Bank World Inequality Database. Both sources enable analysis accumulation. This paper seeks to assess degree which political–institutional forces as opposed mar...

The effects of induction and of transient and catabolite repression on lac-specific RNA in cells of Escherichia coli were investigated. The rate of Zac-specific RNA synthesis increases linearly for 3 min after induction and then becomes constant. The accumulation of RNA complementary to the promoter proximal tat 2 gene begins before accumulation of RNA complementary to the promoter distal lac Y...

Three groups of 10 Introductory psychology students were tested for mode of perceptual, defense on a= tachistO" scoplc task# Scores on Byrne8s Repression-Sensltization (R"S) Scale defined these groups as, respectively, repres­ sors, neutrals $ and sensitizers, Byrne assumes that his scale classifies Individuals along a pervasive repressionsensitization continuum, defined at one end by avoiding ...

Failures of government policies often provoke opposite reactions from citizens; some call for a reversal of the policy, whereas others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural bimodality of preferences in political and economic contexts and consistent with Bayesian rationality.