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The poor-family condition where scarcity makes promises unreliable and short-term action rational.
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volatility
The poor-family condition where scarcity makes promises unreliable and short-term action rational.
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Because herding is volatile and boom-bust, pastoralists institutionalized loans, obligations, oath contracts, and fluid status rather than fixed bureaucratic slavery.
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"...parents. Rich parents offer stability. Okay? Poor parents can only offer volatility. This is a very simple idea. Rich parents have money so they..."
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"...opportunistic social organization. So they lived in a world of tremendous volatility because the entire world was a cattle. If the cattle died because..."
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"So this is a deeply patriarchal society. All right? All right. Participation in long -distance trade, gift exchange, and a new set of codes..."
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"Now you owe me a meal. If I take you out for a meal, I'm now your big brother, okay? And that's what keeps..."
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"...will year by year improve. Right? The problem is that there's volatility in the stock market. It goes up and goes down. And the..."
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"...funds throughout the world. Okay? So as you can see, there's volatility in returns in the pension fund. Okay? When you put the money..."
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