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Russ Roberts
Michael Munger on Desires, Morality, and Self-Interest
1 hour 14 minutes Posted Mar 1, 2021 at 11:30 am.
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Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our desires. Can we change what we want? And how should economists and normal human beings think about doing the right thing, what we often call morality? Is acting morally self-interested behavior or is it possible to act selflessly?