F. Thomas Bruss
Human societies and survival :
A Branching Process Model
Reference 8
Version 1
Date 09/09/2013
IntroductionObjectives of societiesHistory of resultsThe modelReproductionResourcesObjective of survivalResource claims within a societyInteraction of individuals and society Natural regularity conditions Resource Dependent Branching ProcessesExamples of policies Weakest-first-society and strongest-first-society wf-society sf-society Main results Signifiance of the resultsTractability of the modelReal-World Conclusions Theory and realityA short comparaison of major society formsMercantilismEnlightened mercantilismModern western societiesCapitalismCommunismExtreme communism versus extreme capitalismMarxismLeninismComparing ideologiesA modest outlookReferences