
Greedy people might be frowned upon, but are they the winners?
Some individuals have a persistent tendency to want ever more stuff and status. Psychologists are examining the lives they lead
by Karlijn Hoyer
Karlijn Hoyer is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her research lies at the intersection between economics and psychology. She is specifically interested in dispositional greed, and the questions of why, and when, people follow rules.