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Article: The gaggle of economic sociopaths
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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YOU MAY be wondering how it is that this week the financial
industry, which was on taxpayer life support, announced it would be
doling out more than $140 billion in bonuses to the very executives
who created the mess in the first place. Or how it is that some of
these same institutions recently began raising the interest rates on
your credit cards to unprecedented levels. Or how it is that there
are now reports of new and risky financial skulduggery afoot.
To answer these questions, it may help to consult the "Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," the handbook for
psychologists. The manual describes a broad category called
"antisocial personality disorder," which includes ...