The Unequal Distribution Of Social Capital And The Analysis Of It's Economic Effects

Economic development has always been the focus of people. For a long time, in the pursuit of a stable and rapid development economy, people try lots of measures to explain the problems appeared in the economic development. Many theories, such as material capital, human capital, technology capital were born under this background, and they help people to have a more clear understanding of the complicated economy. But, it is not comprehensive enough to explain the economic problems purely by economic factors. Because people's economic behavior were embedded in their social behavior, so it is inevitable for them to be affected by the social network, trust, norms and other non-economic factors, which are just the scope of social capital theory. At present, social capital is a hot concept among scholars and is widely used in the study of economic problems. However, in the previous research, one of its important feature—the unequal distribution of social capital are often overlooked by scholars. In fact, this feature is crucial. It determines the amount of social resource one actor can have, and it also determines the possibilities for an actor whether to take an action and how to act. Therefore, start from the concept of social capital, its access path and basic features, this article put its focus on the unequal distribution of social capital and the economic effects it results in. On this basis, I gave recommendations on the future construction of social capital. Hope that this article will draw people's attention on the social injustice results from the unequal distribution of social capital.