Support the Poor or Punish the Rich? How People Consider Inequality

• In Event: Public Opinion about Inequality, Deservingness, and the Economy

Brief Overview

In this paper we demonstrate that for many people it is the desire to punish the rich -- rather than help the poor -- that is at the heart of support for policies aimed to end inequality.

Authors

• Hannah Nam, Stony Brook University

• Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University