{"id":16587,"date":"2012-01-05T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/public-views-of-inequality-fairness-and-wall-street\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:32","slug":"public-views-of-inequality-fairness-and-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/01\/05\/public-views-of-inequality-fairness-and-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Views of Inequality, Fairness and Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly three-quarters of the public (77%) say that they think there is too much power in the hands of a few rich people and large corporations in the United States. About nine-in-ten (91%) Democrats and eight-in-ten (80%) of independents hold this view; a much narrower majority (53%) of Republicans do as well. For historical perspective, six-in-ten (60%) Americans expressed this view in a 1941 Gallup poll.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting a parallel sentiment, 61% of Americans now say that the economic system in this country unfairly favors the wealthy; just 36% say the system is generally fair to most Americans. About three-quarters (76%) of Democrats and 61% of independents share this view. In contrast, a majority (58%) of Republicans say that the system is generally fair to most Americans.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public also views Wall Street negatively \u2014 this has changed little since March of this year. Currently, just 36% of people say Wall Street helps the economy more than it hurts it; 51% say it hurts more than it helps. Majorities of both Democrats (60%) and independents (54%) say Wall Street hurts more than helps, while. 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