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Self-Interest Is Not Selfishness | by Gary Galles

When Mother Teresa used her Nobel Prize money to fund services for the poor, she was exhibiting “self-interest,” but not selfishness. Like virtually everyone else, she used her property to achieve an end she valued, but which benefited others as well.

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Gary Galles
Gary M. Galles is a professor of economics at Pepperdine University. He is the author of The Apostle of Peace: The Radical Mind of Leonard Read.
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