Politics of Envy? Meritocracy Beliefs, Not Envy, Drive Support for Redistribution
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on January 09, 2026
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
Support for redistribution is often dismissed as driven by a morally questionable motive: Malicious envy. Seemingly supporting this notion, in some studies, liberalism was correlated with envy, and envy predicted support for redistribution. However, we ...
Support for redistribution is often dismissed as driven by a morally questionable motive: Malicious envy. Seemingly supporting this notion, in some studies, liberalism was correlated with envy, and envy predicted support for redistribution. However, we ...