Post by arfanho7 on Feb 27, 2024 9:46:29 GMT
A recent study suggests that America’s political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized sides together or at least nudge them toward compromise. Incorrect beliefs are easier to overcome than an ingrained lack of trust. However as the researchers later demonstrate even that remedy may prove hard to achieve.
Dylan Minor a visiting assistant professor of business administration in the Harvard Business School Strategy unit and co author Pablo Hernandez of New York University dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust pdf . “OUR BIGGEST HEADLINE FINDING IS THAT IT SEEMS THAT IT’S BELIEFS Hungary Phone Number THAT DRIVE TRUST NOT TASTE If it seems we are a nation of opposites more than ever we are. According to a Pew Research Center report in political polarization of the American public has increased and partisan antagonism is deeper and more extensive than at any point in the last two decades.
“When we look at people’s political identities we know there is huge polarization in America ” Minor says. “But a fundamental question is are these being driven by what economists would call taste—‘I like red people and don’t like green people’—or is it driven by beliefs—‘it’s not that I don’t like them per se I just don’t think we can trust them.’ Those are two completely different reasons that observationally result in the same thing—‘I don’t trust them’—but has very different policy implications and takeaways for practitioners.” issue is what leads people to trust one group over another which has implications for business as well as the political arena.
Dylan Minor a visiting assistant professor of business administration in the Harvard Business School Strategy unit and co author Pablo Hernandez of New York University dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust pdf . “OUR BIGGEST HEADLINE FINDING IS THAT IT SEEMS THAT IT’S BELIEFS Hungary Phone Number THAT DRIVE TRUST NOT TASTE If it seems we are a nation of opposites more than ever we are. According to a Pew Research Center report in political polarization of the American public has increased and partisan antagonism is deeper and more extensive than at any point in the last two decades.
“When we look at people’s political identities we know there is huge polarization in America ” Minor says. “But a fundamental question is are these being driven by what economists would call taste—‘I like red people and don’t like green people’—or is it driven by beliefs—‘it’s not that I don’t like them per se I just don’t think we can trust them.’ Those are two completely different reasons that observationally result in the same thing—‘I don’t trust them’—but has very different policy implications and takeaways for practitioners.” issue is what leads people to trust one group over another which has implications for business as well as the political arena.