Robin Hanson(@robinhanson):"non-altruistic individuals transfer to individuals with smaller allocations to protect themselves from harmful consequences, creating selfish equality. … selfish equality accounts for substantially more cross-country variation in societal redistribution than altruistic giving or any other leading alternative explanation"

Robin Hanson

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Robin Hanson@robinhanson

2026.10.12 14:42

"non-altruistic individuals transfer to individuals with smaller allocations to protect themselves from harmful consequences, creating selfish equality. … selfish equality accounts for substantially more cross-country variation in societal redistribution than altruistic giving or any other leading alternative explanation"