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Learning About Inequality Increases Concern, But Not Necessarily Support for Redistribution
A puzzle: income inequality between the top 1% and the rest has surged in the last few years, yet support for redistribution among the general public has actually declined (see figure below). Do people not care about inequality, or do … Continue reading
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Tagged experiments, fairness, Mechanical Turk, politics of inequality, redistribution
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A More Perfect Union: What do New Yorkers owe Texans?
In the United States, the federal government and the fifty states split the check for many social assistance programs. Within this partnership, considerable discretion is given to each state in defining eligibility for cash welfare, public health insurance, workforce development, … Continue reading
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Tagged fairness, federalism, health, politics of inequality, theorising inequality
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Harshness or stability in attitudes to redistribution?
In the previous post from Charlotte Cavaille based on the Attitudes to Wealth and Economic Inequality in the UK event run by Cumberland Lodge, she examined how the “middle” had faired during a time of continuous increase in the income gap between the bottom and … Continue reading
The ‘nothing for something’ benefits system
Some phrases just stick. While British politicians often bemoan the ‘something for nothing’ culture in the benefits system, somehow the other side of this has been missed. Yet there are people who contribute to the welfare state for decades, and … Continue reading
The hidden costs of disability
How much does a disability cost you? Let’s take the example that (slightly too easily) comes to mind for most people: a disability that means you need a wheelchair to get around – how much of a dent in your … Continue reading
Is Economic Fairness a Winning Message in 2012?
In the 2012 reelection campaign, President Obama is defining himself in terms of economic fairness. The word “fair” was used nine times in the State of the Union Address, and symbols of economic inequality were on full display (including Warren … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 US elections, economic growth, fairness, occupy wall street, politics of inequality, public opinion
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Straight Talk on Economic Mobility
Americans may be skeptical of some large welfare state programs, but a widely shared conviction is that children that are born to poor parents should have the chance to move upward. That’s why it was good to hear President Obama … Continue reading
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Tagged fairness, income dispersion, mobility, politics of inequality, public opinion
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The deservingness of benefit claimants (I)
This is the first of three linked posts on the ‘deservingness of benefit claimants’. In this post, I explain the title, speak about the BBC programme that prompted the posts, and suggest why the British public massively overestimate the levels … Continue reading
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Tagged fairness, political attitudes, public opinion, welfare payments
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There’s More to Poverty than the Cost of Living
This is the second post in a series of three focused on the measurement of U.S. poverty As I described in my last post, virtually nobody is very happy with the official poverty measure in the United States. Commentators on … Continue reading
Making bad jobs better
At the very time when people are thankful to have any job, it seems a bit perverse to be talking about ‘good jobs’. But in a remarkably interesting one-day conference yesterday, I was convinced that this is exactly the time that we … Continue reading
