LEADER 04338nam 22006615 450 001 9911016070503321 005 20250719130244.0 010 $a3-031-85564-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-85564-1 035 $a(CKB)39713569400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-85564-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32260844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32260844 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939713569400041 100 $a20250719d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Psychology Of Economic Inequality $eSix Reasons Why We Are Failing to Challenge Great Inequalities of Income and Wealth /$fby Jim Orford 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 245 p. 6 illus.) 225 1 $aSustainable Development Goals Series,$x2523-3092 311 08$a3-031-85563-9 327 $aChapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 What is economic inequality? Inequalities of income and wealth -- Chapter 3 Distractions: poverty, mobility, and social class -- Chapter 4 Why it matters for individual health and well-being -- Chapter 5 Why it matters for collective well-being -- Chapter 6 Lack of awareness, system justification, and merit beliefs -- Chapter 7 Blaming and shaming, and the role of culture, mass media, and the educational system -- Chapter 8 Bad economics -- Chapter 9 Politics and the hidden nature of power -- Chapter 10 Toward a fairer society: standing up to economic inequality. 330 $aThis open access book integrates psychology?s contributions to our understanding of economic inequality. In the UK, the US, and in many other countries, a high level of economic inequality is now one of the major problems facing society, but it seems the political will to restore greater equality is slight. The purpose of this proposed book is, therefore, to develop a psychological understanding of how economic inequality is tolerated and justified. Do we, as citizens, understand how unequal our society has become? Are our beliefs in merit, desert, and individual autonomy standing in the way of dealing with the problem of high inequality? Is a conspiracy of the rich and powerful to blame, or have we simply accepted a distorted form of economic theory? Finally, what ? if anything - can be done? Including relevant insights from epidemiologists, economists, journalists, and others, this book provides an example to students and others of how psychology has relevance to some of the most pressing issues of our time. The UK is the central focus throughout, followed closely by the US and other high-income nations. All of the book?s conclusions however should be of relevance for all countries and their citizens as divides between the economically better- and worse-off remain or worsen, with damaging effects for individuals and their communities. Jim Orford is Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a longstanding, internationally recognised researcher and writer in the fields of community psychology and addiction. 410 0$aSustainable Development Goals Series,$x2523-3092 606 $aPolitical psychology 606 $aEconomics$xPsychological aspects 606 $aMotivation research (Marketing) 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aEconomics 606 $aPolitical Psychology 606 $aEconomic Psychology 606 $aMarket Psychology 606 $aBehavioral Economics 606 $aPhilosophy of Economics 615 0$aPolitical psychology. 615 0$aEconomics$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aMotivation research (Marketing) 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 14$aPolitical Psychology. 615 24$aEconomic Psychology. 615 24$aMarket Psychology. 615 24$aBehavioral Economics. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Economics. 676 $a320.019 700 $aOrford$b Jim$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0496617 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911016070503321 996 $aThe Psychology Of Economic Inequality$94412424 997 $aUNINA