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Social inequality can harm the foundations of society

  • June 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Social inequality can harm the foundations of society
Can economic inequality threaten liberal societies? This question lies at the heart of the POLAR project led by Markus Gangl, a sociologist at Goethe University Frankfurt. Several publications examining different aspects of the issue shed light on how trust in democracy, belief in meritocracy and perceptions of equal opportunity are changing.

Originally published at Phys.org

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