Self Interest

We All Do Better When We All Do Better

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.03.2012

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Stan Sorscher

Lately, the public mood has gone the opposite way. Simply put, we are told that we will all do better when most of us do worse.

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Greg Smith, Adam Smith and the 'Self-Interest' of Goldman Sachs

John Paul Rollert | Posted 04.24.2012

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John Paul Rollert

When it comes to doing business, can we make a meaningful distinction between self-interest and selfishness?

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Which Team Are You On: Your Own or America's?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.01.2012

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Stuart Muszynski

When Santorum was questioned about why he voted for "No Child Left Behind," he acknowledged that he voted "against the principles I believed in" and that he had to "take one for the team."

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Washington vs. America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.27.2011

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Brent Budowsky

Washington is an island drowning in its own self-interest, surrounded by a hurting and unhappy nation of deeply patriotic citizens who hunger for shared national purpose but find our politics to be sickening, insulting and corrupted.

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President Obama Should Have Fought This One

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Obama has again bent to the economic philosophy that rewards the casino gamblers on Wall Street and leaves the majority of the country standing outside the casino with a tin cup -- hoping that the gamblers are at least big tippers.

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What's in It for Me?

R.W. Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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R.W. Sanders

Have there ever been more vile words spoken? Yet, this is our credo these days. Greed is good. And good is whatever I get. Bad is what comes your way. In a world defined by winners and losers, does humanity have a chance?

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A Rising "Social Psychosis" In Public And Private Life

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

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Douglas LaBier

The pursuit of greed, self-centeredness and materialism have become the holy trinity of public and private conduct in America. And it's generating a growing "social psychosis."

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Cheaters Gone Wild!

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jim Taylor

The reality is that, when push comes to shove, humans will likely choose self-interest and survival over doing what is morally right and helping others.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Joseph Stiglitz: 5 Lessons From The Crisis We May Need To Learn All Over Again

China Daily | Joseph Stiglitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The best that can be said for 2009 is that it could have been worse, that we pulled back from the precipice on which we seemed to be perched in late 2...

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Electing Yourself a Racist

Daniel Blackman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Blackman

There's been a lot of discussion about the race factor and the so-called Bradley Effect - which posits that those with racist tendencies are too embar...

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The Way I See It

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.17.2011

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Colleen Perry

What's wrong with taking care of your own needs first so that you can meet the needs of others with integrity?

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The Invisible Hand is Dead. Long Live (Smart) Regulation.

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sloan Wilson

I hope that our economy recovers, but the time has come to declare its guiding metaphor dead. This is the metaphor of the invisible hand, which makes...

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