Why low trust in government may mean Americans don't want anything done about inequality.

Macdonald, David (2019) Why low trust in government may mean Americans don't want anything done about inequality. USApp-American Politics and Policy Blog (01 Dec 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The past 40 years have seen a huge increase in income inequality in America, with the top 1 percent of earners seeing large increases in their share of all incomes. David Macdonald writes that while most Americans appear to be opposed to high levels of inequality, low levels of trust in government may be dampening their desire for measures to redistribute incomes. [...]

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Additional Information:	copyright 2019 The Author
Divisions:	IGA: United States Centre
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2020 00:28
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 01:58
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103292

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