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Australia and New Zealand are plagued by ‘tall poppy syndrome’. But would a cure be worse than the disease?

By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne

A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility and the storied ‘fair go’.

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