The rich may well be "different from you and me," They think everyone else is like them. The richer you are, the more likely you are to think that others are wealthy, too, according to the study published in the journal Psychological Science.
The reason for the misconception is simple,: Since people are more likely to live, work and go to school with others in similar income brackets, when we look around, we come to the (incorrect) conclusion that most other Americans are at least somewhat like us.
The reason for the misconception is simple,: Since people are more likely to live, work and go to school with others in similar income brackets, when we look around, we come to the (incorrect) conclusion that most other Americans are at least somewhat like us.
"It is likely that people do not have much
conscious insight or control over the processes by which they are making
such judgments,".
Wealthier people are more likely to say the status quo of income distribution in the United States is fair, and are less likely to support redistributive policies,
Low-income Americans and their advocates have an uphill
battle getting the country's haves to see the widening gap between them
and the have-nots.
The study focused on income, but he said net worth which is skewed even more toward the very rich since many of the wealthiest Americans earn a significant amount from investments rather than income could be an even more telling predictor of these attitudes.
So whatever it is, wealthy or not, please give a hand to the poor. Just a thought
The study focused on income, but he said net worth which is skewed even more toward the very rich since many of the wealthiest Americans earn a significant amount from investments rather than income could be an even more telling predictor of these attitudes.
So whatever it is, wealthy or not, please give a hand to the poor. Just a thought
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