Tag Archives: altruism

Tainted good

Posted on March 10, 2023 by koenfucius

(featured image via DALL·E) Making someone else better off without making any other person worse off, that can only be a good thing, right? Well, not quite, it seems. Was Robin Hood, the English folk hero, the noble bandit who … Continue reading →

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How effective is your altruism?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by koenfucius

(featured image credit: Yukiko Matsuoka CC/BY) We cannot escape profound, inevitable trade-offs when it comes to how we use our resources – including when we give them away.  Next time you pay for your groceries at the supermarket, have a look … Continue reading →

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Does Altruism exist?

Posted on July 15, 2016 by koenfucius

(Not in the way that is generally assumed) Mainstream economics tends to get a bad press. One reason is that many people see the dismal science using a deeply flawed model of human behaviour, the so-called homo economicus (a wholly … Continue reading →

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