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Why a psychopath wouldn’t hesitate to cause another global financial crisis – if there was something in it for them

Written by Clive Roland Boddy, Deputy Head, School of Management, Anglia Ruskin University

Would you want a psychopath looking after your pension? Or what about your shares? In a recent talk at the Cambridge Festival of Science, I spoke about the latest research relating to a psychopath’s love of money, greed for power, and willingness to harm other people financially for personal gain.

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