&gt;It is safe to say, that the economic theory a person subscribes to is highly related to their income.<p>This is an overly pessimistic view that ignores the philosophical aspects of economics. E.g. I lived on under $15k per year for a couple of years before I moved into software development, but during that time I still supported a very liberal approach to economics. This is because I hate violence (I can&#x27;t even bring myself to crush spiders that wander into the house), and view redistributive economics as necessarily violent, as in a roundabout way it&#x27;s forcing people to give goods&#x2F;services&#x2F;tokens of exchange to me that they may not want to give (since they&#x27;re forced to give it via taxation lest they face imprisonment, I cannot assume it&#x27;s voluntary). Other people may not care so much about this and take a more utilitarian approach, focusing on maximising some particular metrics (such as GDP or income equality), so they&#x27;ll reach different conclusions.<p>Assuming people subscribe solely to the theories (economic or otherwise) that maximise the financial benefit to them is ironically a rather economics-style view of the world, and I&#x27;m fortunate enough to say that most of the people I&#x27;m close to don&#x27;t fit this characterisation.<p>In terms of actual data, there&#x27;s a correlation, but it&#x27;s far from being the strongest factor: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;does-your-wage-predict-your-vote&#x2F;264541&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;11&#x2F;does-you...</a>