more about rich people

“Intern, get me a photo showing women, kleenex and beige tones, on the double”

BUT FROM THE ARTICLE:

Wealth gives people the “freedom to focus on the self,” he said. In a series of 12 studies, researchers found wealthy people don’t read emotions well, hoard resources and are less generous than they could be. In one study, for example, people were given the opportunity to share “money” with a partner, MSNBC reported. Participants from the lower classes gave more. In another, researchers observed wealthy people were more likely to appear distracted, check their cell phones, doodle or avoid eye contact during conversation than their less-well-off peers. … The rich tend to gloss over the way family connections, money and education contribute to their lives, resulting in less empathy, Keltner told MSNBC.