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100 1 $aPayne, Keith$c(Social scientist),$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe broken ladder :$bhow inequality affects the way we think, live, and die /$cKeith Payne.
264 1 $aNew York :$bViking,$c[2017]
300 $aviii, 246 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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520 $a"A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Today's inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. InThe Broken Ladderpsychologist Keith Payne examines how inequality divides us not just economically, but also has profound consequences for how we think, how our cardiovascular systems respond to stress, how our immune systems function, and how we view moral ideas such as justice and fairness. Experiments in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics have not only revealed important new insights on how inequality changes people in predictable ways, but have also provided a corrective to our flawed way of viewing poverty as the result of individual character failings. Among modern developed societies, economic inequality is not primarily about money, but rather about relative status: where we stand in relation to other people. Regardless of their average income, countries or states with greater levels of income inequality have much higher rates of all the social problems we associate with poverty, including lower average life expectancies, serious health issues, mental illness, and crime. The Broken Ladder explores such issues as why women in poor societies often have more children, and have them younger; why there is little trust among the working class that investing for the future will pay off; why people's perception of their relative social status affects their political beliefs, and why growing inequality leads to greater political divisions; how poverty raises stress levels in the same way as a physical threat; inequality in the workplace and how it affects performance; why unequal societies become more religious; and finally offers measures people can take to lessen the harm done by inequality in their own lives and the lives of their children."--Publisher information.
520 $a"A timely examination by a leading social scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Today's inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. While conservatives look at poverty and see its roots in personal failures and liberals attribute it to a lack of opportunity, what both sides miss is that the psychology of inequality causes both poor opportunities and personal failures. Understanding how and why this occurs is our best chance at addressing it effectively. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines for how inequality influences us as individuals, affecting our brains, our bodies, and our values. Inequality divides us not just economically, but has profound consequences on how we think, how our cardiovascular systems respond to stress, how our immune systems function, and how we view moral ideas like justice and fairness. Experiments in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics have not only revealed important new insights on how inequality changes people in predictable ways, but have provided a corrective to our flawed way of viewing poverty as the result of individual character failings. The central argument of this book is that among modern, developed societies, economic inequality is not primarily about money, but rather about relative status: where we stand in relation to other people. Regardless of their average income, countries or states with greater levels of income inequality have much higher rates of all the social problems we associate with poverty, including lower average life expectancies, serious health issues, mental illness, and crime."--Publisher information.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aLunch lady economics: why feeling poor hurts like being poor -- Relatively easy: why we can't stop comparing ourselves to others -- Poor logic: inequality has a logic of its own -- The right, the left, and the ladder: how inequality divides our politics -- Long lives and tall tombstones: inequality is a matter of life and death -- God, conspiracies, and the language of the angels: why people believe what they need to believe -- Inequality in black and white: the dangerous dance of racial and economic inequality -- The corporate ladder: why fair pay signals fair play -- The art of living vertically: flatter ladders, comparing with care, and the things that matter most.
650 0 $aEquality$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aSocial stratification.
650 0 $aIncome distribution.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xSocial Classes.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY$xSocial Psychology.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS$xEconomics$xGeneral.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEquality$xPsychological aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00914468
650 7 $aIncome distribution.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00968670
650 7 $aSocial stratification.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01123370
650 4 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes.
650 4 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
650 4 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.
650 4 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aPayne, Keith (Social scientist).$tBroken ladder.$dNew York : Viking, 2017$z9780698409378$w(DLC) 2017019570
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