Researchers find support for redistribution is a function of compassion, self-interest and envy—but not fairness

Monday, July 17, 2017 - 16:12 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Economic redistribution has been a core political dispute around the world for centuries. And while intuitively fairness seems a natural explanation for why people support redistribution, researchers at UC Santa Barbara find that fairness doesn't really explain who supports redistribution or why.

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