Enron, cheating, rationalizing, swindles, derivatives & other shenanigans explained

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Enron, cheating, rationalizing, swindles, derivatives & other shenanigans explained

Talks Dan Ariely: Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes)

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational -- and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.ht...

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