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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Economist Mulls Interplay of Money, Morality

Updated: May 20 2009,
Author: barrel jason
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Character, Choice, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economic Institutions, Incentive, Roles of Government
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Behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls decision-making mechanisms in finance and the ways in which many people rationalize their unethical actions.

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