The psychology and policy of overcoming economic inequality

Kai Ruggeri^{1

2}, Olivia Symone Tutuska³, Giampaolo Abate Romero Ladini⁴, Narjes Al-Zahli^{5

6}, Natalia Alexander⁷, Mathias Houe Andersen⁸, Katherine Bibilouri⁶, Jennifer Chen⁹, Barbora Doubravová¹⁰, Tatianna Dugué⁶, Aleena Asfa Durrani¹, Nicholas Dutra⁶, R A Farrokhnia¹¹, Tomas Folke², Suwen Ge¹¹, Christian Gomes⁶, Aleksandra Gracheva^{12

13}, Neža Grilc¹⁴, Deniz Mısra Gürol¹⁵, Zoe Heidenry⁶, Clara Hu⁶, Rachel Krasner⁶, Romy Levin⁶, Justine Li¹⁶, Ashleigh Marie Elizabeth Messenger¹⁷, Fredrik Nilsson¹⁸, Julia Marie Oberschulte¹⁹, Takashi Obi²⁰, Anastasia Pan⁶, Sun Young Park⁶, Sofia Pelica²¹, Maksymilian Pyrkowski²², Katherinne Rabanal²³, Pika Ranc²⁴, Žiga Mekiš Recek²⁴, Daria Stefania Pascu²⁵, Alexandra Symeonidou²⁶, Milica Vdovic²⁷, Qihang Yuan⁶, Eduardo Garcia-Garzon²⁸, Sarah Ashcroft-Jones²⁹

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¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA kai.ruggeri@columbia.edu; https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/dr2946.
² Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁵ Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁹ Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
¹¹ Columbia University Business School, New York, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹³ Department of Political Science, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris, France.
¹⁴ Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
¹⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁷ Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁹ Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Public Administration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
²¹ Psicologia Social e das Organizações, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal.
²² Department of Psychology, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland.
²³ Department of Cognitive Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
²⁴ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
²⁵ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
²⁶ Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
²⁷ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia.
²⁸ School of Education and Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain.
²⁹ Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 37646271
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X23001103

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The psychology and policy of overcoming economic inequality

Kai Ruggeri et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 30:46:e174.

doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23001103.

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¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA kai.ruggeri@columbia.edu; https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/dr2946.
² Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁵ Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁹ Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
¹¹ Columbia University Business School, New York, NY, USA.
¹² Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹³ Department of Political Science, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris, France.
¹⁴ Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
¹⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁷ Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁹ Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
²⁰ Department of Public Administration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
²¹ Psicologia Social e das Organizações, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal.
²² Department of Psychology, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland.
²³ Department of Cognitive Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
²⁴ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
²⁵ Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
²⁶ Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
²⁷ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia.
²⁸ School of Education and Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain.
²⁹ Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 37646271
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X23001103

Abstract

Recent arguments claim that behavioral science has focused - to its detriment - on the individual over the system when construing behavioral interventions. In this commentary, we argue that tackling economic inequality using both framings in tandem is invaluable. By studying individuals who have overcome inequality, "positive deviants," and the system limitations they navigate, we offer potentially greater policy solutions.

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Chater N, Loewenstein G. Chater N, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Aug 30;46:e181. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23002091. Behav Brain Sci. 2023. PMID: 37646288

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Chater N, Loewenstein G. Chater N, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Sep 5;46:e147. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22002023. Behav Brain Sci. 2022. PMID: 36059098

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