Selfish/Self-Interested

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics

Over at Library of Economics and Liberty, Bryan Caplan asks:

Agree or disagree: "Selfish" is to "self-interested" as "cheap" is to "thrifty."

Please explain your answer.

Interesting question. Read the comments to his post for an interesting discussion.

Bryan Caplan self-interest

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2 responses to “Selfish/Self-Interested”

Peter

September 2, 2010

Link should be: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/09/selfishself-int.html

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Michael W. Kruse

September 2, 2010

Thanks Peter. Not sure what happened there.

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