Who are you most likely to think deserves to be rich? An elite athlete? An entrepreneur? A pop star? Maybe even a lucky lottery winner?

This question was put to 1,084 people by researchers at Ipsos MORI for a brand-new study commissioned for my book The Rich in Public Opinion.

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