
Discover why inequality isn't just economic - it's psychological. "The Broken Ladder" reveals how perceived status shapes our decisions, health, and society. Featured in The New York Times and Scientific American, Payne's research explains why feeling poor matters more than being poor.
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Have you ever noticed how boarding a plane feels like walking through a museum of inequality? You shuffle past first-class passengers sipping champagne in their spacious pods while clutching your economy ticket, squeezing toward the back. This isn't just uncomfortable-it's explosive. Research reveals that air rage incidents are almost four times higher on planes with first-class cabins. When economy passengers board through the front, parading past the privileged, incidents double. Here's the kicker: everyone on that plane is relatively well-off. They can afford air travel. Yet the mere presence of visible difference creates friction. This phenomenon captures something profound about human psychology-it's not poverty itself that wounds us most deeply, but feeling poorer than others. Today, the richest 85 people possess more wealth than the poorest 3.5 billion combined. While the poorest Americans' incomes have flatlined since 1967, the wealthy have soared upward, creating a sensation like sitting on a stationary train while another departs. Even standing still feels like falling behind. What follows isn't about inequality's economic causes but its psychological effects-how the wealth of others reshapes our minds, decisions, and even our lifespans.
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