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Reducing wealth inequality is a global challenge that requires the transformation of the economic systems that produce inequality. The economic system comprises: (1) gifts and reciprocity, (2) power and redistribution, (3) market exchange, and (4) mutual aid without reciprocal obligations. Current inequality stems from a capitalist economy consisting of (2) and (3). To sublimate (1), the human economy, to (4), the concept of a “mixbiotic society” has been proposed in the philosophical realm. In this society, free and diverse individuals mix, recognize their respective “fundamental incapability,” and sublimate them into “WE” solidarity. Moreover, the economy must have a moral responsibility as a co-adventurer and consider its vulnerability to risk. This study focuses on two factors of mind perception—moral responsibility and risk vulnerability—and proposes a novel wealth distribution model between the two agents following an econophysical approach, whereas the conventional model dealt with redistribution through taxes and institutions. Three models are developed: a joint-venture model in which profit/losses are distributed based on their factors, a redistribution model in which wealth stocks are redistributed periodically based on their factors in the joint-venture model, and a “WE economy” model in which profit/losses are distributed based on the ratio of each other’s factors. A simulation comparison reveals that WE economies are effective in reducing inequality, resilient in normalizing wealth distribution as advantages, and susceptible to free riders as disadvantages. However, this disadvantage can be compensated for by fostering fellowship and using joint ventures. This study presents the effectiveness of moral responsibility and risk vulnerability, complementarity between the WE economy and joint economy, and the direction of the economy in reducing inequality. Future challenges include developing an advanced model based on real economic analysis and economic psychology and promoting its fieldwork for worker coops and platform cooperatives to realize a desirable mixbiotic society.

缓解财富不平等是一项全球性挑战，亟需变革催生不平等的经济体系。该经济体系包含四大构成：(1) 赠予与互惠；(2) 权力与再分配；(3) 市场交换；(4) 无互惠义务的互助。当前的不平等问题源自以(2)和(3)为核心的资本主义经济模式。为将作为人类经济的(1)扬弃为(4)，哲学界已提出“混生社会（mixbiotic society）”这一概念。在该社会中，自由多元的个体相互融合，认清彼此的“根本性局限”，并将其升华为“我们”式的团结。此外，经济作为共同冒险者需肩负道德责任，并正视自身面临的风险脆弱性。本研究聚焦心智感知的两大维度——道德责任与风险脆弱性，并采用经济物理方法，提出了适用于两个经济主体的新型财富分配模型；而传统模型多依托税收与制度开展再分配。本研究构建了三类模型：其一为合资模型，损益分配依据双方的上述两大维度因子；其二为再分配模型，基于合资模型中的维度因子对财富存量开展周期性再分配；其三为“我们经济（WE economy）”模型，损益分配依据双方因子的占比进行核算。仿真对比结果表明，我们经济模式可有效缓解财富不平等：其优势在于能够稳定促进财富分配趋于均衡，而劣势则是易受到搭便车者的冲击。不过，通过培育群体情谊与采用合资模式，该劣势可得到弥补。本研究证实了道德责任与风险脆弱性的作用价值，阐明了我们经济与合资经济的互补性，并指明了通过经济模式变革缓解不平等的可行方向。未来研究方向包括：基于真实经济分析与经济心理学构建更完善的模型，同时针对工人合作社与平台合作社开展实地调研，以推动理想混生社会的实现。