Awareness of wealth inequalities breeds animosity

Cooperation is a ubiquitous trait among individuals of a species which interbreeds in nature and forms part of groups [1]. Various theories and models have been developed to explain the origins, maintenance, and continuation of cooperation within a generic population. Among these theories is the prisoner's dilemma (PD), which is a well-known framework for investigations on agents’ behavior and strategies [2]. In a traditional PD game, pairwise...