This paper analyses a general-equilibrium model of the complementarity between economic competition for the allegiance of subjects and military competition for the control of land. In our model economic competition between rival rulers for the allegiance of subjects results in their subjects,...

?Wer bei Schlüsseltechnologien wie der Künstlichen Intelligenz global den Ton angibt, wird in der Lage sein, wirtschaftlich, politisch und auch militärisch zu dominieren?, so eine Stimme aus dem Auswärtigen Amt. Die USA, die EU und China treiben die Digitalisierungstechniken massiv voran....

We integrate individual power in groups into general equilibrium models. The relationship between group formation, resource allocation, and the power of specific individuals or particular sociological groups is investigated. We introduce, via an illustrative example, three appealing concepts of...

This paper analyzes a general-equilibrium model in which each person can choose to be either a producer or a predator. This model shows how predation breaks the link between the interpersonal distribution of productive resources and the interpersonal distribution of consumption. Specifically, we...