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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Exploring the Psychology of Wealth, ‘Pernicious’ Effects of Economic Inequality

Updated: June 21 2013,
Author: barrel jason
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Character, Distribution of Income, Economic Development, Economic Systems, Income Distribution
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It’s been said that money is the root of all evil. Does money make people more likely to lie, cheat and steal? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on new research from the University of California, Berkeley about how wealth and inequality affects us psychologically.

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