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See also: "The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still [in 2016] the richest families in Florence" https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florenc
by gkanai 9y ago
See also: "The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still [in 2016] the richest families in Florence"
https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florence-in-1427-are-still-the-richest-families-in-florence/ https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florence-in-14...
- microcolonel 9y agoNotably not true of the United States over any great stretch of time.
- vixen99 9y agoThis is a universal phenomenon. Gregory Clark has tracked family names in the UK over eight centuries and shown that 'mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies'. The names of the Norman colonizers of England in 1066 still strongly feature in the higher social classes. http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/The%20Son%20Also%20Rises/EEH%202014.pdf http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/The%20Son%20A....