If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more satisfied with their lot, according to online experiments involving 1,440 US-based participants.
Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution, study finds
Reader’s Picks
-
In a re-evaluation of Hockett’s foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like “arbitrariness,” “duality of patterning,” and “displacement”—an [...]
-
Whether it is a whole friendship group migrating to using iPhones or a swath of classmates wanting the latest Lululemon [...]
-
When the term anarchy pops up in everyday conversations, images of lawlessness and chaos after a government breakdown or catastrophic [...]