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- From: vvallopp@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Vinod V Valloppillil)
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- Subject: Re: Libertarians & Inheritance
- Keywords: Do Libertarians endorse a level playing field
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- Date: 15 Sep 92 19:41:36 GMT
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- In article <183523@pyramid.pyramid.com> pcollac@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Paul Collacchi) writes:
- >
- >What do libertarians think about inheritance laws? Does libertarianism
- >endorse a "level playing field." Is the "arbitrary" transfer of
- >wealth from one (dead) person to others protected under property
- >rights. Is it consistent with efficient market theory, or might it
- >promote inefficiencies?
- >
- >Please post in talk.politics.theory or directly to me. Thanks.
- >
- >Paul Collacchi
-
- I'd imagine that libertarians would have no problem with inheritance laws.
- After all, a lot of the investment that individuals do is based on gauranteeing
- a certain standard of living for their children/descendants (sending them
- through college for example). By providing a sense of continuity through
- inheritance, individuals are far more likely to engage in investment --
- especially the super long-term type that we are in desparate need of.
-
- Additionally, inheritance is somewhat assumed when the individual acquires
- property. Thus, not allowing inheritance would seem to violate some type
- of property rights -- after all the price paid for the acquisition of a
- good reflects it's costs for the lifetime ofthe good.
-
- Vinod Valloppillil
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