💰 Does money change how we define "fair"? New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution Published on Social Science Research 🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with incomeA leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We problematize this account by claiming that, unlike the...hdl.handle.net