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My problem is that interpersonal conflicts are strongly effected by wealth. Someone who can afford lots of lawyers have a much greater chance of winning than so
by ArtB 15y ago
My problem is that interpersonal conflicts are strongly effected by wealth. Someone who can afford lots of lawyers have a much greater chance of winning than someone who can barely afford one. Often people settle just to avoid crippling legal costs. Also people with greater wealth can use that money to promote their ideas and persuade other to their positions. They can afford their children much better opportunities. Not to mention that greater wealth disparities encourage keeping-up-with-the-Joneses arms races and other social ills.
I honestly suspect that shrinking the pie but making it more evenly distributed would be best for all for the increased social harmony and stability.
- ClHans 15y agoYou don't need to suspect it. You can read the social science literature and have some confidence that hard-working researchers have confirmed your suspicion. Here's a good place to start: Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction by Wilkerson and Pickett.
- ClHans 15y agoI assume someone downvoted me for the typo (sorry! the name is supposed to be Wilkinson), and not because they find it uncomfortable when science supports ideas that run counter to their own. Here's another good resource, this time from Stanford - http://www.stanford.edu/group/scspi/ http://www.stanford.edu/group/scspi/ enjoy!