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Exceptional Argentina Di Tella, Glaeser and Llach - Thomas Piketty

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Table II: The Beliefs of Peronists <strong>and</strong> Democrats: Luck vs Effort<br />

Peronists<br />

Non<br />

Peronists<br />

Democrats Republican<br />

s<br />

Laziness 39 20 49 75<br />

Unfair Society 61 80 51 25<br />

Ratio 0.64 0.25 0.96 3<br />

Peronists<br />

Non<br />

Peronists<br />

Democrats Republican<br />

s<br />

Run by a few big<br />

Interests<br />

71 95 76 68<br />

Run for all 29 5 24 32<br />

Ratio 2.4 19 3.2 2.1<br />

Note: (1) Peronist (Non-Peronist) is the sub-sample of Argentines that declare<br />

an intention to vote for the Peronist Party (Any party that is not the Peronist<br />

Party). Democrats (Republicans) is the sub-sample of Americans declaring an<br />

intention to vote for the Democrat (Republican) Party. (2) “Laziness” is the<br />

fraction of these groups answering “They are poor because of laziness <strong>and</strong> lack<br />

of willpower” to the question “Why in your opinion are there people in this<br />

country who live in need?”, whereas “Unfair Society” is the group answering<br />

“They are poor because society treats them unfairly”. (3) “Run by a few big<br />

interests” is the group giving that answer to the question “Generally speaking,<br />

would you say that this country is run by a few big interests looking out for<br />

themselves, or that it is run for the benefit of all the people?”

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