Blackstone Publishing
The Broken Ladder Lib/E: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
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- Keith Payne
- Blackstone Publishing
- Audio
- 9781441702654
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- Social Science > Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Psychologist Keith Payne examines how economic inequality also has profound consequences for how we think, our cardiovascular and immune systems, and how we view morals.
Author Bio
My lab studies how inequality shapes the human mind. We ask questions like: Why do people make more self-defeating decisions when inequality is high? Why does feeling poor sometimes have more powerful effects than actually being poor? Why do people sometimes act in prejudiced ways even when they intend to be fair?
We use the methods of experimental psychology to understand the cognitive and emotional mechanisms behind these pressing social questions. You can learn more about this research in my recent book, The Broken Ladder, from Viking Press.
Source: University of North Carolina
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