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Sociological Inequality and the Second Law

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  • Oded KAFRI

    (Kafri Nihul Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel.)

Abstract

There are two fair ways to distribute particles in boxes. The first way is to divide the particles equally between the boxes. The second way, which is calculated here, is to score fairly the particles between the boxes. The obtained power law distribution function yields an uneven distribution of particles in boxes. It is shown that the obtained distribution fits well to sociological phenomena, such as the distribution of votes in polls and the distribution of wealth and Benford's law.

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  • Oded KAFRI, 2016. "Sociological Inequality and the Second Law," Journal of Economic and Social Thought, KSP Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 476-480, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ3:v:3:y:2016:i:4:p:476-480
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    Cited by:

    1. Oded KAFRI, 2016. "A Comment on Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics," Journal of Economics Library, KSP Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 583-586, December.
    2. Oded KAFRI, 2016. "The Distributions in Nature and Entropy Principle," Turkish Economic Review, KSP Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 542-550, December.

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    Keywords

    Maximum Entropy; Long tail distribution; 20:80 Pareto's rule; Zipf Law; Benford's law; Bell-like distribution.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium

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