Left Side of the Aisle #148

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of February 27 - March 5, 2014

This week:

How being rich can make you a sociopath
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sociopath
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/21/1118373109.full.pdf+html
http://psp.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/08/19/0146167213501699.full#aff-1
http://healthland.time.com/2013/08/20/wealthy-selfies-how-being-rich-increases-narcissism/
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/105/2/247/
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/social_darwinism_and_class_essentialism_the_rich_think_they_are_superior.html
http://www.alternet.org/economy/are-we-being-ruled-self-centered-jerks-what-new-studies-reveal-about-ultra-wealthy

How power corrupts - and wealth is power
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/06/rambling-meditation-about-power.html
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/rev/119/3/546/
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130118_power
http://www.alternet.org/economy/you-can-buy-ice-cubes-750-each-new-york-city
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/19/oligarchic-tendencies-study-finds-only-the-wealthy-get-represented-in-the-senate/
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/power-concedes-nothing-without-a-demand-it-never/1273306.html