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A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, And The Rise Of The Dynastic Family Trust (Dft), Eric Kades Dec 2022

A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, And The Rise Of The Dynastic Family Trust (Dft), Eric Kades

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Today’s record levels of economic inequality are infecting our future as the top 0.01% bequeath vast wealth to their descendants. With the death of the Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), this inequality has the potential to harden social class lines—not just for a generation or two, but forever. Although it may sound implausible, interviews with estate lawyers serving very high-net-worth clients reveal that some members of the wealthiest tier of testators are already exploiting the RAP’s elimination, along with a tax loophole, to establish dynasty trusts that will financially empower their bloodline as long as it continues. Recent work in evolutionary …


Virginia Survey Of Law: Property Section; Trusts And Estates Section, Lynda L. Butler Jan 1976

Virginia Survey Of Law: Property Section; Trusts And Estates Section, Lynda L. Butler

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Federal Estate Taxation - Charitable Transfer - Deductibility Of Certain Bequests - Estate Of Edna Allen Miller, 48 T . C. 251 (1967), Homer L. Elliott Dec 1968

Federal Estate Taxation - Charitable Transfer - Deductibility Of Certain Bequests - Estate Of Edna Allen Miller, 48 T . C. 251 (1967), Homer L. Elliott

William & Mary Law Review

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Another Virginian Law Book, Lucian Minor Sep 1854

Another Virginian Law Book, Lucian Minor

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