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Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality

  • Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
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It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than nine times as much on average as the remainder, and in...

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