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Greed and the Adventures of Homo economicus
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A reflection on greed and culture is provided. Literature and films, from the Bible to Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, are reviewed for the ways they have both expressed and shaped public views on greed. Yet greed is only a part of the human picture. History, as well as rigorous new evidence from social psychology and behavioral economics, shows that humans juggle egoism, altruism, reciprocity, and solidarity in proportions that vary across time and space. Inequality grew sharply in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, with a special role for finance.
Title: Greed and the Adventures of Homo economicus
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A reflection on greed and culture is provided.
Literature and films, from the Bible to Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, are reviewed for the ways they have both expressed and shaped public views on greed.
Yet greed is only a part of the human picture.
History, as well as rigorous new evidence from social psychology and behavioral economics, shows that humans juggle egoism, altruism, reciprocity, and solidarity in proportions that vary across time and space.
Inequality grew sharply in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, with a special role for finance.
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