Cultures which share too much stagnate through lack of incentive and reward.
Cultures which share too little stagnate through lack of majority opportunity and systemic top-down corruption.
The reality probably isn't as one-dimensional as that, but a Goldilocks economy which is designed with the explicit aim of balancing opportunity against opportunism could be an interesting thing.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.