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MIT Sloan Management Review: Ego's Sum
Henry Mintzberg Robert Simons andKunal Basu
Summary: Douglas West University of Westminster
In the past 15 years North America has seen a glorification of selfinterest perhaps unequalled since the 1930s. It is difficult to imagine a society without selfishness, but one that glorifies selfishness is base. The syndrome of selfishness is based on a series of halftruths.
The first is that we are all, in essence, economic man. Homo economicus always wants more. In such a perspective, wants are unlimited and there are no absolutes. However, this...