by rrrrr

In this interview, Frank responds to his critics and expands his insights into the invisible hand of luck in our lives and economy. “To imagine that everybody does best by being purely selfish is a socially moronic posture to bring to the study of human behavior,” Frank says. “We don’t do better if everyone is selfish in all circumstances.” The American Dream needs a rewrite, he says, and with it comes wider personal and social perspectives, ones that might guarantee a more equitable and just land. “If we acknowledge luck, the experimental evidence is really quite clear that we become much more inclined to pay forward for the common good, to contribute things that will benefit not just us but the community at large.”