Are the Rich Jerks? See the Science

Of course, this doesn't mean all rich people are unethical.

http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/are-the-rich-jerks-see-the-science.html

in Economics, Psychology, UC Berkeley | July 24th, 2013

F. Scott Fitzgerald was right. The rich really are different from you or me. They’re more likely to behave unethically.

That’s the finding of a group of studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The research shows that people of higher socioeconomic status are more likely to break traffic laws, lie in negotiations, take valued goods from others, and cheat to increase chances of winning a prize. The resulting paper, “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior,” [PDF] was published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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