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Dissent among the experts is frequently generated and supported by the existence of a public backdrop of doubt and disaffection. That is, at critical moments, dissent in the expert community may well follow the lead of dissent from citizens.
Citizens, Experts, and the Environment - The Politics of Local Knowledge
Frank Fischer
CEO salaries grew by an average of 400 per cent during the 1990s while workers’ wages grew by less than 5 per cent and the US minimum wage decreased by more than 9 per cent.
Aristotle, as we have seen, argued that justice requires proportionality of inputs and outcomes, that is, “equality of ratios” (1131a31). This insight provides the starting point for equity theory, which holds that in rendering judgments about distributive justice, people seek to determine whether there is a proportional relationship between their inputs (e.g., degree of effort, ability, time, training) and the outcomes they receive (e.g., payments and other rewards as well as costs or punishments).
A Theory of System Justification
Jost, John T.
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