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The Price of Fairness

2017

Overview

Why do we accept huge levels of inequality and social injustice? This is one of the central questions that The Price of Fairness sets out to answer, beginning with a surprising set of social experiments in Norway, which suggest that our willingness to support systems of inequality is far greater than we are often prepared to admit. In Atlanta, we take a different look at fairness, from the perspective of a group of capuchin monkeys. Behavioural scientist Sarah Bronson's work with the monkeys questions the idea that we have an evolutionary tendency towards selfish behaviour. Could it be that the outrage we feel towards systems of inequality have roots in our human need for cooperation? Touching on issues of economic, political, racial and gender inequality, this film offers a thought-provoking and timely look at what fairness really means to us.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
June 28, 2017
Original language
English
Spoken languages
Spanish, Hindi, English
Countries
United Kingdom
Director
Alex Gabbay
Producer
Alex Gabbay
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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