When economic inequality rises, concern for others dips.
“There are incentives when you are powerful to not pay attention to people’s emotional states,” Kraus says. “Put simply, other people’s feelings have less influence on your outcomes, which are more under your own control. So, this can lead to either an intentional ignorance of others’ mental states or, over time, a lack of practice with them.”
In fact, Kraus and his colleagues found those with lower economic status were more concerned about the suffering of strangers, according to their 2012 study published by the
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