“Us vs Them”: How people make sense of economic inequality in the UK, by Daniel Walsh & Sonja Zmerli, published on the LSE blog page
New research in political psychology suggests that people interpret economic inequality through an “us” versus “them” lens. Beyond the usual suspects – “the 1%”, “the poor” – these categories include figures such as politicians, footballers, bankers and NHS workers, argue Daniel Walsh and Sonja Zmerli. With this relational orientation, researchers might ask: who does the […]