How perceptions of autonomy relate to beliefs about inequality and fairness.

Although inequality in the US has increased since the 1960s, several studies show that Americans underestimate it. Reasons include overreliance on one's local perspective and ideologically-motivated cognition. We propose a novel mechanism to account for the misperceptions of income inequality....

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Main Authors: Abraham Aldama, Cristina Bicchieri, Jana Freundt, Barbara Mellers, Ellen Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244387