如果你認爲現在財富分佈過于傾斜、社會不公平。那麼可以預期的是，之後財富分佈更加傾斜、有錢人的孩子即使做錯所有事也不比做對所有事的窮人家孩子差。隨着在財富分佈越來越傾斜的體制下受惠的老人紛紛死去，財產繼承潮的來臨，投對胎越來越重要。由于人的壽命，跨代財富轉移的影響有滯後(delay)的時間差，投對胎的差別將越來越明顯
time lags involved in building dynastic fortunes ... Inequality of income must precede growing inequality of wealth, since wealth is simply the cumulative excess of income over consumption.
So, given the current era of highly unequal incomes and social immobility, we can expect inheritance to play a much bigger role in explaining inequality for the generations now entering adulthood. That will include direct transfers of wealth, mainly via inheritances, as well as the effects of increasingly unequal access to education, early job opportunities and home ownership
The coming boom in inherited wealth • John Quiggin
Are we creating a society Jane Austen might recognise?
