Word: self-interest
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...ended at 42 in 1928, Cobb complained about the decline of his sport. "The fabric of baseball is crumbling, "he warned. "I'd want players less interested hi a bonus, a business manager and a bowling alley than in fighting to win." But he was surprisingly modern in his self-interest. Like Rose he became a player-manager with a mouthful of statistics, mostly about his own achievements. Like Rose he was a headlong competitor whose determination made him exceed more gifted men. And like Rose he grew wealthy with shrewd investments, a high salary and the willingness to endorse...
Behavioral economics seeks to explore the psychological factors, other than the traditional model of rational self-interest, that influence economic behavior...
...time for impoverished countries to revamp their political systems. Instead, Hertz proposes that debt savings should go into trust funds managed by independent boards and earmarked for poverty alleviation. Fundamentally, Hertz sees debt relief as a security issue. "There's a moral imperative and also one of self-interest," she says. "When states can provide health, education and social services, there's less opportunity for extremist organizations to come in." --By Dorinda Elliott
...person—a retired Georgetown University sociologist named Norman Birnbaum—has indeed washed a rental car, Sandel argued that Summers’ adage is a “normative claim thinly disguised.” Summers mistakenly assumes that all people act only in their own self-interest, Sandel said...
Inaremarkabledisplayofnaivete,a majority of Americans voted for Bush, thinking they were voting for moral values [Nov. 15]. They have instead elected a duplicitous group of war profiteers whose only interest is self-interest. The Republican juggernaut has seized control of all three branches of government. Religious conservatives will dictate how we live our lives. Toll the bells, my fellow citizens: democracy is dead in America...