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For the article, please access this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs11211-016-0276-8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs11211-016-0276-8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent paper I wrote, I can show that when more income inequality exists in a country, people also start to accept more income inequality. This means that when inequality increases in a country, after 3 to 4 years, people have adapted their social justice views to this and have accepted the increased inequality. This shows why people are not more outraged by rising inequality, they simply seem to have a strong tendency to get used to it. 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