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Why we should be slow to point the finger at bankers

Written by Brock Bastian, ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

We're great at rationalising our own actions, whether it's profiteering or eating meat. Mavis Wong, CC BY-SA

Hating bankers seems to be something of a global bloodsport, and this has only been intensified by the many scandals coming out of Financial Services Royal Commission.

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