markets and moral character
MarginalRevolution links to a very interesting forum and discussion which asks the question: Does the free market corrode moral character?
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Saw this over at MR but thanks for linking it here as well. I suspect the comments on MR for this one will be a total trainwreck.
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trey1
October 6, 2008 at 4:00 pm
[…] that human beings are motivated by self-interest. A related topic came up recently on this blog (the discussion Teppo flagged today seems relevant too) and this discussion was helpful to me, at least in part because it led me […]
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self-interest and the financial meltdown, part 1 « orgtheory.net
October 6, 2008 at 5:33 pm
An obvious meta-question about the causal impact of Templeton money suggests itself.
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Kieran
October 6, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Sure — but, they have a range of responses, an interesting discussion!
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tf
October 6, 2008 at 7:54 pm