Inequality observed. A study of Attitudes towards Income Inequality.

If people in two societies with similar distributions of income, experience income lnequality in very different ways, the consequences of income lnequality wilf also be very different in these societies. Where the tolerance for inequality is low and there is a widespread feeling that the distribution of incomes is unjust, income inequality may well promote social unrest and social conflict. On the other hand, where the tolerance for inequality is high and the belief that individual effort and perforrnance should be highly rewarded is widespread, the same income distribution might well be rejected as too egalitarian. ... Zie: Introduction