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Income inequality is eroding human trust

The notion of "haves" and "have-nots" may erode our entire social fabric.

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Ted Bauer
Sep 22, 2014
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Jean Twenge is a professor at San Diego State University, and best known for books like Generation Me and The Narcissism Epidemic. Now she has some new research out on the connection between rising income inequality (well-documented) and eroding social capital (i.e. trust). The research is…

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