Economic Inequality Shapes Judgments of Consumption
研究发现经济不平等影响人们对他人消费行为的道德判断，低收入者购买行为受到更严格审视，而加剧不平等的企业则被负面看待。
Economic inequality affects not only individuals’ judgments and behavior in their own lives, but also those individuals’ judgements and behavior toward others—both people and firms. First, the consumption decisions of others are often evaluated through a moral lens, such that lower‐income consumers are held to more negative, restrictive standards of what is acceptable to purchase. Second, firms that perpetuate inequality among their employees or their customers—through unequal pay or unequal services—are viewed negatively. We discuss the implications of economic inequality shaping people’s moral scrutiny of others.