Winners Overlook Rigged Games’ Lack of Fairness, Study Finds
A new experiment, played out as a card game, shows that even when the deck is literally stacked in people’s favor — and they know it — most winners still think it’s fair anyway. Losers don’t.
The Associated Press
Topics: Fairness Luck Success Wealth
A Nobel Prize-Winning Psychologist Says Most People Don’t Really Want to Be Happy
Many of us are actually working toward some other end, according to cognitive psychologist Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics.
Quartz
Topics: Emotion Happiness Meaning Wealth
Altruists Make More Money and Have More Kids
There’s more evidence that selfishness is self-defeating.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Altruism Generosity Wealth
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Self-Control Success Wealth Willpower
Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test
Affluence — not willpower — seems to be what’s behind some kids’ capacity to delay gratification.
The Atlantic
The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
Are the most successful people in society just the luckiest people?
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Creativity Luck Scott Barry Kaufman Social Inequality Success Wealth
Could a More Individualistic World Also Be a More Altruistic One?
Equating individualism with selfishness may be a mistake: Some of the world’s wealthiest and most individualistic countries are some of the most altruistic, says Abigail Marsh.
13.7: Cosmos & Culture, NPR
The Lower Your Social Class, the ‘Wiser’ You Are, Suggests New Study
Growing up working class gives people social skills that help broaden their perspective during conflicts.
Science
Topics: Education Wealth Wisdom
The Thinner Your Wallet, the Bigger Your Sense of Awe
New research finds people on different ends of the economic spectrum find happiness in different ways.
Topics: Awe Compassion Emotion Happiness Social Inequality Wealth
To Promote Happiness, Choose Time Over Money
Although earning more money makes us feel more pressed for time, changing the way we spend that money may provide an escape from the time crunch.
Topics: Happiness Wealth
One Surprising Way Money Can Buy Happiness, According to Scientists
The surveys asked people whether they regularly pay someone else to complete unpleasant daily tasks and rated their satisfaction with life. Across all surveys, life satisfaction was typically higher for people who regularly spend money to save time.
The Washington Post
Does Being Wealthy Make You More Charitable?
Research suggests the answer, surprisingly, may be no, but behavioral science offers a few ways to encourage the wealthy to open their wallets a little wider.
The Conversation
Topics: Generosity Wealth
People Don’t Actually Want Equality
They want fairness.
Topics: Fairness Power Wealth
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