Article: Shame is a player, but greed wins in the end.(The Dallas Morning News)

Greed, the laws of economics suggest, makes the world go round.

Actually, it's angular momentum. But the only angular momentum economists notice these days is that sharp downward line indicating negative momentum in the stock market.

What the world needs now, it seems, is some guilt and shame.

Strangely enough, some economists agree. In fact, they say, guilt and shame do play a role in economic decision making. After all, people are seldom the rational thinking machines that standard economic theory envisions. Rather than always acting totally in self-interest, many people temper their choices with emotional considerations.

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