Unequality: Who Gets What and Why It Matters

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-155

  Norton, Michael I ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; fairness; gambling; inequality; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034437227     PISSN: 23727322     EISSN: 23727330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2372732214550167     Document Type: Article

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