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Does Wealth Make You Meaner?
Season 2
Episode 6
Books and movies love to show wealthy people as cruel, unfeeling, and miserly. Turns out science has an explanation for why greater amounts of wealth can turn us into Scrooges. Should you just avoid growing your wealth… or is there a better way to protect yourself from the corrupting influence of money?
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