3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Phase Transitions in Economic Inequality:Taxation and Extremal Replacement Dynamics
Lautaro Giordano, Sebastian Gonçalves, José Roberto Iglesias +1
We present a minimal agent-based model of interacting agents characterized by their wealth to study taxation and inequality in a non-conservative economy. Wealth evolves through an…
physics.soc-ph2025
Wealth Inequality in Agent-Based Economies: The Dominant Role of Social Protection over Growth
Gastón Villafañe, Lautaro Giordano, MarÃa Fabiana Laguna
Persistent wealth inequality, where a small fraction of the population accumulates most resources while the majority remains economically vulnerable, is a widespread phenomenon. We…
physics.soc-ph2025
Limiting risk to reduce inequality: insights from the Yard-Sale model
Lautaro Giordano, Ignacio Cortés, Sebastian Gonçalves +1
Wealth inequality remains a critical socioeconomic challenge, driven by systemic dynamics and self-reinforcing mechanisms that amplify the economic imbalances. Simplified models fr…