Victor Yakovenko: What Causes Inequality? An Econophysics Approach

The video discusses the application of statistical physics to economics, particularly in understanding income and wealth distribution. The speaker, a professor of physics, explains how the Boltzmann Gibbs distribution can be applied to economic data, revealing a stable exponential distribution for most of the population and a power law distribution for the upper class. The discussion also covers the concepts of natural and abnormal inequality, the implications of rising inequality on economic activity, and the potential for future research. The video concludes with insights into the econophysics movement and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration.

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