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Frans de Waal found that capuchin monkeys strongly oppose this phenomenon in an experiment where they were fed cucumbers. (10[1])In The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argued that this phenomenon “gets under the skin,” correlating with numerous negative health outcomes. Tony Atkinson’s index of this phenomenon includes a coefficient that represents aversion to this phenomenon. The “central contradiction of capitalism,” which holds (-5[1])that r exceeds g, (10[1])leads to increasing (-5[1])levels (10[1])of this phenomenon (10[1])according to Thomas Piketty. (10[2])The size of two areas of the Lorenz Curve are compared in a measure of this phenomenon, the Gini coefficient. (10[3])For 10 points, name this phenomenon, the disparity in outcomes between the rich and the poor. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: inequality [accept economic inequality; accept income inequality; accept wealth inequality; accept social inequality]
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