Rich People Are Jerks Say Experts Ezra Klein at the Washington Post has the scoop on a new study finding rich people literally more likely to steal candy from a baby. In a series of experiments designed to test the kindness of folks with differing levels of wealth, researchers discovered that The upper class were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to increase their odds of winning a prize and endorse unethical behavior at work. One experiment involved the observation of drivers in fancy cars vs. those with less expensive vehicles. Can you guess which type of driver drove more recklessly?According to the authors of the study, the results “build on previous research that has shown wealthy people are worse at recognizing how others feel and are more likely to be disengaged during social interactions than others.”Apart from the candy theft, an embarrassingly petty transgression, most of the other results seem about right for rich people, who are obviously prone to enjoying money and power. The question is, do we actually benefit by having folks like this around? Apple founder Steve Jobs was no angel, after all. Former employees of the company, according to Gawker, described the man as “rude, dismissive, hostile, spiteful.”But hey, creative geniuses are kind of supposed  to have it their way, right?
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Rich People Are Jerks Say Experts

Ezra Klein at the Washington Post has the scoop on a new study finding rich people literally more likely to steal candy from a baby. In a series of experiments designed to test the kindness of folks with differing levels of wealth, researchers discovered that
The upper class were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to increase their odds of winning a prize and endorse unethical behavior at work.
One experiment involved the observation of drivers in fancy cars vs. those with less expensive vehicles. Can you guess which type of driver drove more recklessly?According to the authors of the study, the results “build on previous research that has shown wealthy people are worse at recognizing how others feel and are more likely to be disengaged during social interactions than others.”Apart from the candy theft, an embarrassingly petty transgression, most of the other results seem about right for rich people, who are obviously prone to enjoying money and power. The question is, do we actually benefit by having folks like this around? Apple founder Steve Jobs was no angel, after all. Former employees of the company, according to Gawker, described the man as “rude, dismissive, hostile, spiteful.”But hey, creative geniuses are kind of supposed
 to have it their way, right?

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