Tag: Self-interest
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Nation & World
A plan for better banking
A team of researchers at Harvard and in London has created a model of bank failure aimed at helping economies avoid crashes. Their work highlights a fundamental dilemma for regulators: Improving the safety of individual banks may make the financial system as a whole more dangerous.
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Health
I’ll get mine, Jack
A new paper suggests that the mutually beneficial relationships that species create are maintained mostly because of simple self-interest.