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Philipp Heimberger

@heimbergecon

Researcher, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (@wiiw_ac_at); macroeconomics, economic policy, public finance, political economy, meta-science.

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@heimbergecon

9 months ago

"rising inequality is legitimated by the popular belief that the income gap is meritocratically deserved: the more unequal a society, the more likely its citizens are to explain success in meritocratic terms... the less important... a person’s family wealth and connections."

"rising inequality is legitimated by the popular belief that the income gap is meritocratically deserved: the more unequal a society, the more likely its citizens are to explain success in meritocratic terms... the less important... a person’s family wealth and connections."