Why a psychopath wouldn’t hesitate to cause a global financial crisis — according to science

Why a psychopath wouldn’t hesitate to cause a global financial crisis — according to science

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. Since I began researching corporate psychopaths and the global financial crisis, the idea of the financial psychopath, an employee in the financial se…

Weekend Feature-Why a psychopath wouldn’t hesitate to cause another global financial crisis

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. Since I began researching corporate psychopaths and the global financial crisis, the idea of the financial psychopath, an employee in the financial se…