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Daniel J. Connolly @danieljconnolly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New working paper w/ @hwaldfogel.bsky.social & Eldar Shafir! Where do ideological differences in beliefs about inequality come from? We find ~1/3 of the liberal-conservative gap comes from differences in noticing inequality; the rest in disagreement over what "counts" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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<div> Decomposing the Ideological Divide in Perceptions of Inequality: </div> <div> A Signal Detection Approach </div>

A central puzzle in the social sciences is that, despite high and rising inequality, democracies consistently under-deliver redistributive policies. Research in

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our new pub is out! We argue that any future scholarship on the politics of inequality should center the people. We call this the PUBLIC framework (Pluralistic methods, UnBiased perspectives, Local dynamics, Intersectional understanding, & Critical of power). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Psychological approaches to the study of the politics of inequality are welcome and warranted because psychology
is foundational to understanding inequality, including ways to rectify it. Whereas some approaches narrow political
psychology’s focus through a lens of a particular discipline and definition of inequality (Connolly et al., 2026), our
focus is to center the public. That is, psychology is best situated to study the politics of inequality if it approaches the
problem of inequality from a broader perspective: that of people—a perspective that goes well beyond a small handful
of academic disciplines or socioeconomic strata. To accomplish this goal, we propose a pluralistic, unbiased, local,
intersectional, and critical (PUBLIC) approach to the political psychology of inequality. A PUBLIC approach should be
pluralistic in its application of evidence and ways of knowing; unbiased in the perspectives that it centers; local in its
focus on psychology, politics, and impact; intersectional in its understanding of inequality and solidarity; and critical
in its analysis of power and advantage. Implications for policy and collective action are highlighted.

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Daniel J. Connolly @danieljconnolly.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In the paper, we discuss three psychological phenomena that help sustain inequality: local attention, group identities, and what we call an 'i-frame bias' in reasoning about inequality. We also discuss how the wealthy exploit public psychology to increase inequality, and how we might fix it.

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Daniel J. Connolly @danieljconnolly.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Excited to share that I've got a new paper out, co-written with Nick Chater and George Loewenstein! It's a pretty big review of the interactions between individual minds and large-scale economic inequality. Take a look - I'm happy to share the paper if needed! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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sjdm-tweets @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Connolly, D. J., & Loewenstein, G. (2026). How Memory Crystallizes the Past: Memories Become More Consistent Over Time Due to Differential, Nonconstant Change. SSRN. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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How Memory Crystallizes the Past: Memories Become More Consistent Over Time Due to Differential, Nonconstant Change

How do memories of real-life events change over time, and why do some aspects persist while others fade? We propose that two basic properties of memory-nonconst

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Daniel J. Connolly @danieljconnolly.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hello, I just got here! I have a few things coming up/out this spring and will post about them here.

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