There is immense concern about economic inequality, both among the scholarly community
and in the general public, and many insist that equality is an important social goal. However …

Highlights•Laypeople's beliefs about their country's income and wealth distributions are
typically inaccurate.•These misperceptions are caused in part by overreliance on cues from …

Drawing on recent research on the psychology of social class, I argue that the material
conditions in which people grow up and live have a lasting impact on their personal and …

Although the rates of economic inequality in the United States are at their highest since the
onset of The Great Depression, many Americans do not seem as concerned as may be …

Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for
how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries …

Criminologists have known for decades that income inequality is the best predictor of the
local homicide rate, but why this is so has eluded them. There is a simple, compelling …

Past studies have mostly focused on investigating actual economic inequality with less work
devoted to understanding perceived economic inequality and its antecedents. However …

What explains the contents of political belief systems? A widespread view is that they derive
from abstract values, like equality, tolerance, and authority. Here, we challenge this view …

Future-oriented individuals tend to display more pro-environmental attitudes and
behaviours, compared to those who are present-oriented. Investigating the determinants of …

Objective A global increase in forced displacement has led to rapid increases in the number
of people seeking asylum. Negative attitudes toward these people are pervasive and the …