The inequality process and the distribution of income to blacks and whitesFootnote*Thanks to Prof. Gerhard Lenski, University of North Carolina, for the suggestion to consider coalitions in the Inequality Process. This paper attempts to answer questions raised in reading George Zipf (1941, 1949). The simulations described in this paper were written in GAUSS. A copy of the program can be obtained from the author. This paper was presented to the mathematical sociology session of the 1990 American Sociological Association meetings. The views expressed in this paper are the author's and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Economic Research Service.
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