Scammers don't cheat because they need the money — they cheat because they're cheaters
- Written by Marco A. Palma, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director Human Behavior Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Cheating in games may have more to do with personality than with economic necessity, a new study finds.ShutterstockWhy do people cheat?
When we hear that a poor person scammed others out of money, we may attribute this behavior to their poverty, rationalizing that the person violated ethics and the law because they needed the money.
But the rich...
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