Do American Universities Promote Income Inequality?

Affluent Americans support more conservative economic policies than the non-affluent, and government responds disproportionately to these views. Yet little is known about the emergence of these consequential views, which are partly traceable to socialization that occurs on predominately affluent college campuses, especially those with norms of financial gain and especially among socially embedded students. In effect, ‘the affluent campus effect’ illustrates how college socialization partly explains why affluent Americans support economically conservative policies.

Tali Mendelberg is Professor of Politics at Princeton University.

Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is Professor of International Relations and Director of the US Centre at LSE.

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