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Generosity in quotes: David Brooks

“By assuming that people are selfish, by prioritizing arrangements based on selfishness, we have encouraged selfish frames of mind. Maybe it’s time to upend classical economics and political science. Maybe it’s time to build institutions that harness people’s natural longing to do good.”

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David Brooks, political and cultural commentator, from his New York Times column, The Power of Altruism