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Luck or merit? Not all inequality is equally acceptable

Do you think it's fair that some people are better off financially than others? Does it perhaps matter whether those earnings stem from a lottery win or hard work? These are the kinds of questions economist Ingvild Almås of the University of Zurich is exploring.

Luck or merit? Not all inequality is equally acceptable
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Do you think it's fair that some people are better off financially than others? Does it perhaps matter whether those earnings stem from a lottery win or hard work? These are the kinds of questions economist Ingvild Almås of the University of Zurich is exploring.

Originally published at Phys.org

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