Climate change policies may need reevaluation as risk, inequality, and time preferences differ.
The article explores how people's views on risk, inequality, and time affect their decisions about climate change. It challenges the idea that these factors are always linked and shows that individuals have different preferences for each. By surveying over 3000 people, the researchers found that attitudes towards risk, income inequality, and time are not strongly connected. This suggests that using data on risk or inequality may not be enough to determine how willing people are to make sacrifices for the future.