Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor? (Update)

A series of academic studies suggest that the wealthy are, to put it bluntly, selfish jerks. It’s an easy narrative to embrace — but is it true? As part of GiveDirectly’s “Pods Fight Poverty” campaign, we revisit a 2017 episode. SOURCES: Jim Andreoni , professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. Nikos Nikiforakis , professor of economics at New York University in Abu Dhabi. Paul Piff , associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Irvine. …