Why do people do what they do? That is one of the basic questions behind economic and political philosophies. Many of those philosophies are based on ideologies and abstractions. Psychologists study human decisions and actions. A survey of psychologists revealed that there are 14 times as many liberals as conservatives in psychology. As the author of the linked article explains, the more they know, the more liberal they become.
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