Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen
BOOKS
My book - Inequality - The View From Manywheres - will be published by Cambridge University Press in August, 2026.
Here is an overview:
We are consistently bombarded with news and hard evidence that the super-rich are getting richer, leaving the rest of us behind. At the same time, many of us live lives that are materially richer than what was possible for most people throughout human history. We’ve never had it so good, yet it often feels like we don’t have enough. This book reconciles that tension, placing the vices of capitalism in conversation with its virtues. Séamus A. Power explores how people comprehend and experience two global stories of economic growth – and what this means for the future of capitalism and humanity in an era of polarization, poverty, and climate change. The volume charts three possible futures for economic inequality and capitalism, and advocates for a world where poverty is eradicated, economic systems are made fairer, and the achievement of human capabilities is fully realized.
My second book will be an edited volume with Robert J. Sternberg (Cornell University) and Fathali M. Moghaddam (Georgetown University). It is provisionally titled "The Psychology of Serious Everyday World Problems." It is also under contract with Cambridge University Press and is due to be delivered by February 2026.
