We present the results of simulations and theoretical investigations of a system of particles with a weak, long-range repulsive interaction. At fixed density the fluid phase, which is stable at high temperatures, becomes metastable and then unstable as the temperature is lowered. For low...

We investigate the relation between economic growth and equality in a modified version of the agent-based asset exchange model (AEM). The modified model is a driven system that for a range of parameter space is effectively ergodic in the limit of an infinite system. We find that the belief that...