Why isn't Inequality being addressed despite it being clear and visible - why are the voices of those who are raising it are getting ignored?

It can be incredibly confusing when the evidence of inequality is all around us and yet it is ignored by people in power. Sometime the reasons can be in in plain sight but hard to truly see - but when I saw this interview with Gary Stevenson on The Rest is Politics saw a bias so clearly I had to unpick it.If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/iD2sPL7k98c?si=ucrie3yRKY6HkuzDI’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality - the bias' that keep us trapped in systems that don't work.Support Barry’s EconomicsHelp us stay independent and keep making videos like this.- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics- https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics- https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomicsFollow for future videos!More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/If you’re new to this, check out Gary’s Economics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective of economics: / @garyseconomics

THE STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS VIDEO:These are the main studies showing that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds tend to read and display emotions more keenly than those from higher/elite backgrounds:Kraus, Côté & Keltner (2010) – Social class, contextualism, and empathic accuracyFound lower-class participants were better at reading emotions across tests and real-life interactions.https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610387613Stellar, Manzo, Kraus & Keltner (2012) – Class and compassion: Socioeconomic factors predict responses to sufferingLower-class participants showed greater compassion and stronger physiological responses when watching suffering.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026508Dietze & Knowles (2021) – Social class predicts emotion perception and perspective-taking performance in adultsHigher-class participants did worse on perspective-taking and the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” test; lower-class did better.https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220929825Kraus & Keltner (2009) – Signs of socioeconomic status: A thin-slicing approachUpper-class participants showed more disengaged nonverbal behavior (less eye contact, nodding, laughter). Lower-class displayed more engaged emotional cues.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02251.xManstead (2018) – The psychology of social class: How socioeconomic status impacts thought, feelings, and behaviourReview of the research: lower social class → more interdependent, contextual, and emotionally attuned.https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12251

The Disturbing Bias In The Rest Is Politics - Barrys Economics

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