Are Rich People Less Moral?

sciencehabit writes "New research suggests that the upper classes are more likely to behave dishonorably than those lower on the economic spectrum. The rich are more likely to cheat, steal, and even disobey traffic laws than those with less money and power (abstract). Curiously, in one experiment, Prius drivers also behaved badly, regardless of their wealth."

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Re:Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

In a capitalist economy, the banks would have failed, the mortgages would be refinanced, and we'd all be fine - [...]

Wrong. In a capitalist economy, the capitalist state is there to protect the privileges of the ruling class, and this is exactly what the state did by bailing out the banks, because otherwise the rich would have lost their money they invested in those banks.