Does the internet promote fairness of income distribution? (w/ Video)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —The question of how an economic system should be structured in order to best promote fairness and equality is one of the most debated subjects of all time. By approaching the complexities of this question from the field of network science, researchers from MIT and other institutions have found that the average degree to which individuals in a society are connected to each other can crucially affect the fairness of income distribution.