The Causes of Increasing World Poverty and Inequality; Or, Why the Matthew Effect Prevails

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-141
Author(s):  
Robert Hunter Wade
Keyword(s):  
Matthew Effect ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
World Poverty ◽  
The Matthew Effect

The Causes of Increasing World Poverty and Inequality; Or, Why the Matthew Effect Prevails

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 631-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hunter Wade
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Matthew Effect ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
The World ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
National Economies

This article challenges the liberal (or “neoliberal”) argument that free trade in goods and services (including financial services) makes for better overall economic performance at the level of the world economy and the level of national economies. Liberal champions infer that those who oppose the liberal prescriptions either fail to understand the theory or seek to protect vested interests, and hence regional bodies such as the European Commission and international bodies such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund should properly push the liberal agenda under the banner of “the general interest.” The author presents theoretical and empirical grounds on which to challenge the argument. He shows that Henry George's enigma— the association of poverty with progress—is still with us, and relates its persistence to the way that the positive feedback of the Matthew effect— “to him that hath shall be given”—dominates the negative feedback of neoclassical diminishing returns.

Fellowship Behavior in Division 17 and the MOMM Cartel

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Horan ◽  
Chris D. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Of Science ◽  
Matthew Effect ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Scholarly Productivity ◽  
Governing Body ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
Counseling Psychologists

Graduates and employees of four institutions-the MOMM Cartel-dominate every science and practice organ of Division 17's governing body. Counseling psychologists from the other 60 academic programs (the OUTSIDERs) face numerous barriers to professional ascendancy. Six of 13 fellow nominees during the 1988-1989 year were MOMM members; none were rejected. Three OUTSIDERs were elected; four were rejected. Mean scholarly productivity for each group was 13, 21.3, and 19.7 Psyc LIT citations, respectively. The accepted OUTSIDERs were significantly more productive than the MOMMs; two of the four rejected OUTSIDERs ranked numbers one and two in scholarly productivity among all nominees. No relationship appeared between scholarship and fellow decisions; MOMM membership strongly predicted election to fellow status. Personal familiarity with the evaluators, rather than professional service, apparently accounts for these filings -a variant of the "Matthew Effect" discussed in the sociology-of-science literature Recommendations for reform are offered

Systems of Evaluation and the Matthew Effect

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sauder
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Matthew Effect ◽  
High Status ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
Definition Of

Existing research on the Matthew Effect establishes that this dynamic can alter information flow and the distribution of rewards in ways that lead to cumulating advantages for high status actors. We know little, however, about how systems of evaluation, and especially variations in systems of evaluations, influence the expression and strength of these outcomes. Drawing on analyses of the effects of rankings on organizations, I consider how different evaluation contexts can change both audience perceptions about which organizations are award worthy and the definition of merit on which reward distributions are based.

scholarly journals Democracies and autocracies amid the pandemic: the Matthew effect

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
T.V. Rastimehina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Matthew Effect ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
Hybrid Regime ◽  
Emergency Measures

The author examines the actions of states in crisis and emergency situations and conducts a comparative analysis of the emergency measures taken by the governments of democratic states and hybrid regime states. The author notes the Matthew effect: the actions of the institutions of political power of democratic and undemocratic countries in the conditions of the regime of increased readiness at a superficial examination seem similar, but have a different effect. In democracies, the restriction of some of the freedoms of citizens fits into the general trend toward humanization of politics. At the same time, autocracies presumably use the crisis to redistribute power resources toward the executive branch and to normalize the suppression of civic engagement.

scholarly journals One of the simplest ways to explain the Matthew effect (in science)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Caleiro
Keyword(s):  
Matthew Effect ◽  
Full View ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
Partial View

A partial view of the Matthew effect in science asserts that the (already) most recognized scientists are those who (more easily) gain greater recognition for their scientific contributions. A full view of that effect naturally adds to the (comparative) advantages of the most recognized scientists, the (comparative) disadvantages of lesser-recognized scientists. The purpose of this report is to present one of the simplest explanations of the Matthew effect in science, which, as it is also very general, can explain the existence of that effect in other areas where inequality is manifested.

The ‘Matthew’ Effect: The Gospel Truth

Physics Today ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 154-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas F. Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Matthew Effect ◽  
The Matthew Effect
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