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Upper class people are more likely to snatch from a children’s supply of candy [IG nobel economics prize 2026] (improbable.com)
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IG NOBEL ECONOMICS PRIZE 2026 [USA, MEXICO, CANADA] Paul Piff, Daniel Stancato, Stéphane Côté, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, and Dacher Keltner, for amassing evidence that upper class people are more likely to snatch from a children’s supply of candy, and engage in other kinds of unethical behavior.

REFERENCE: “Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior,” Paul K. Piff, Daniel M. Stancato, Stéphane Côté, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, and Dacher Keltner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 11, 2012, pp. 4086-4091. <doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1118373109> WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Paul Piff

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[–] -2 points 3 days ago*

both, or neither.

everyone has different circumstances.

there are rich people who live modest middle class lives, but lemmy thinks those people don't exist. it's that all moderately rich people are sociopathic monsters or something...

and plenty of poor folks are sociopaths. almost as if money isn't exactly a determining factor in any of this...

not to mention an influencing factor isn't necessarily determining factor... but hey that's too subtle for the fediverse genius who think we're all noble savages and it's society that corrupts us..

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