Inequality Archives - This View Of Life

Economy

How Fairness Depends On Your Social Status

A growing body of research indicates that we do not hold people of different social…

tvolimportMay 19, 2013

Economy

Return Of The Oppressed

From the Roman Empire to our own Gilded Age, inequality moves in cycles. The future…

Peter Turchin
February 7, 2013

Mind

Claims of Fairness in Apes Have Critics Crying Foul

Dispute breaks out over the extent to which chimps cooperate.

eiadminJanuary 15, 2013

Mind

Chimps Have a Sense of Fairness

Humans aren't the only ones who cry "no fair."

eiadminJanuary 14, 2013

BiologyCultureMorality

Are We Born With a Sense of Fairness?

Does fairness come standard with every newborn, or is it something that we (hopefully) develop…

eiadminJanuary 6, 2013

Biology

Is Inequality in Our Genes?

A forthcoming article by two economists says inequality is in our genes.

eiadminOctober 8, 2012

Culture

Did Human Evolution Favor Individualists or Altruists?

Rand's mistake was in essentializing the distinction between "individualist freedom" vs. "collectivist tyranny" and then…

Eric Michael Johnson
October 3, 2012

Economy

Does Our Evolutionary History Condemn Us to Social Inequality?

Is Inequality Natural?

eiadminOctober 3, 2012

EconomyHealth

Inequality of Wealth. Inequality of Health.

Historical data show that rampant economic inequality results in declining standards of life for the…

Peter Turchin
September 23, 2012

CultureEconomy

Twilight of the Elites. Or the Unintended Consequences of Meritocracy

How elite competition can lead to unequal outcomes.

Peter Turchin
September 13, 2012