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Economics

The Political Consequences of Economic Inequality for Democratic Stability

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A widely cited study by Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page (2014) found that in the United States, policy outcomes are strongly correlated with the preferences of the wealthy and organized interest groups, while they are nearly unrelated to the preferences of the average citizen.

Why this is interesting

Most people accept a degree of economic difference, but when does inequality become so severe that it threatens the very foundation of democracy?