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Kantian Fairness Tendency

The Pursuit of Fairness

As James Surowiecki illustrates in an excellent piece in the New Yorker, the pursuit of perfect fairness causes a lot of terrible problems in system function. Surowiecki calls this The Fairness Trap: …

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Kantian Fairness Tendency: The World Isn’t Fair

The Kantian Fairness Tendency refers to the pursuit of perfect fairness which causes a lot of terrible problems. Stop expecting the world to be fair and adjust your behavior accordingly. To learn …

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This is a World of Incentives

I thought Warren Buffett said a lot of interesting things in his recent interview with Charlie Rose. Here are some of the bits that stood out for me. Fairness: BUFFETT: …I also think fairness is …

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Niccolò Machiavelli and the Four Princes of Pragmatism

To top off the course The Moral Leader, Professor Badaracco’s students dissect Niccolo Machiavelli’s chilling classic The Prince. “You may think that’s an odd place to end what …

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