Probably for the same reason poor people are less selfish than rich people (there’s ample evidence for this): the harder one’s life, the more one understands that we depend on each other and that human success is predicated on being able to cooperate.
Posts Tagged ‘microeconomics’
Prisoners are less selfish than students: “They Finally Tested The ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ On Actual Prisoners — And The Results Were Not What You Would Expect” (Business Insider Australia)
Posted: 2013/07/24 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: altruism, behavior, cooperative, game theory, microeconomics, Prisoner's dilemma, selfish
2