Radicals and Ideals of Affine Near-semirings over Brandt Semigroups

This work obtains all the right ideals, radicals, congruences and ideals of the affine near-semirings over Brandt semigroups.Comment: In Proceedings of the International Conference on Semigroups, Algebras and Operator Theory (ICSAOT-2014), Kochi, Indi

Do people want more wealth and status in unequal societies?

This chapter discusses the impact that economic inequality has on people’s desire for wealth and status. We first review three major perspectives from previous work suggesting a potential association between higher inequality and a greater desire for wealth and status: the social comparison perspective, the neo-material perspective, and the status anxiety perspective. In order to understand when (and for whom) this “higher inequality–greater desire” association is likely to be salient, we then propose a social identity perspective considering socio-structural factors such as the feasibility to achieve upward mobility in an unequal society and the stability and legitimacy of existing levels of inequality. According to the social identity perspective, we argue that in unequal societies both the “have-nots” and the “haves” are likely to be motivated to pursue more wealth and status, but for different reasons. We then report evidence from our recent research that not only provides evidence of the “higher inequality–greater desire” link but also shows that this link varies as a function of social class. We further discuss implications of these findings and suggest directions for future research