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In addition to cellular epigenetic inheritance, there are other non-genetic ways in which variations can be transmitted from generation to generation.
In evolutionary studies, because heritable non-genetic variations are often induced by the environment, we have to expand our notion of heredity and variation to include the
inheritance
of acquired variations, the once disparaged idea that was part of Lamarck’s theory.
Less affluent individuals are also more threatened by longevity than those for whom living longer mainly means leaving a smaller
inheritance
to their children.
The amounts involved contribute to the creation of a new aristocracy that can pass on its wealth through
inheritance.
Carnegie also advocated an
inheritance
tax as an incentive, arguing that it would “induce the rich man to attend to the administration of wealth during his life.”
The basic problem lies in the fact that the heritage of communism is a much greater burden than the majority of people, including experts, ever imagined, and was much more about the
inheritance
in people's heads than the inherited economic structure.
For President Clinton took a favorable
inheritance
B the results of the policies of previous governments, as well as global trends and innovations in science and technology B and skillfully fashioned an economic governance well designed for a knowledge based economy.
First the
inheritance.
The second
inheritance
was a flexible, deregulated economy with fairly low marginal tax rates, a legacy of the Reagan-Bush era.
The third
inheritance
was low inflation.
Today, many African women are not only expected to fulfill traditional roles, such as raising children and caring for the elderly; they also face legal and social discrimination regarding land and property ownership, inheritance, education, and access to credit and technology – in addition to oppressive sexual mores and violence.
Family and kinship contracts, which govern marriage, adoption, cohabitation, inheritance, etc., form the basic unit of human society.
Discrimination in
inheritance
is long gone, and equal pay for equal work is accepted in theory, though a gender bias persists (as it does for selection to senior posts).
Similarly the children of rich parents may inherit wealth, but this is social, not genetic
inheritance.
For example, while the Koran allows for a measure of female inheritance, tribal custom does not authorize it, which explains the popularity of tribal councils to resolve
inheritance
problems and cheat women out of their rights.
Are genes the essence of an individual and a sacred part of the human
inheritance?
The technology overrides the standard rules of genetic inheritance, ensuring that a particular trait, delivered by humans into an organism’s DNA using advanced gene-editing technology, spreads to all subsequent generations, thereby altering the future of the entire species.
He has remained dour and almost silent, visibly chafing with impatience to come into his inheritance, but offering no hint of what difference he would make when he does.
The argument is undercut by the fact that wealth is passed on by inheritance, and the second generation is rarely as fit as the first.
He has not been elected by anyone – not by the Labour Party, and not by Britain’s voters; he has merely come into an
inheritance
that he has long thought was his due.
Japan has a high income-tax rate for the rich (45%), and the
inheritance
tax rate recently was raised to 55%.
This is driving a growing number of wealthy Japanese to move to Singapore or Australia, where
inheritance
taxes are lower.
Focusing on the US, Jeffrey Frankel of Harvard University has suggested the elimination of payroll taxes for low-income workers, a cut in deductions for high-income workers, and higher
inheritance
taxes.
Cory Aquino’s LegacyMANILA – The death of President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino – "Tita Cory" to most of the 92 million people of the Philippines – left behind a precious inheritance: a legacy of freedom that the Philippines came to share with oppressed peoples around the world.
And, because inheriting money does little to stimulate growth, an attractive set of measures are estate and
inheritance
taxes.
Many countries already apply estate and
inheritance
taxes.
As policymakers consider their options, there is no reason that estate and
inheritance
taxes should not be at the top of their list.
Their bodies probably reacted defensively, adapting in the short term by changing the genes for the next few generations, or until the “danger” had passed, a so-called “soft inheritance” running in parallel to slower-acting evolutionary forces.
China could usefully explore shifting part of the burden from labor toward property, capital gains, and
inheritance
taxes.
Migrant workers may send money home for a variety of reasons: to maintain good family relations, to ensure an inheritance, or to re-pay a loan from elders.
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