Impeach Roberts over Citizens United?

[Frank Cross]

Empirically, there's reason to believe that richer societies are 
better.  They have less corruption, more individual rights, etc.  For 
individuals, I think the evidence is less clear..

At 10:20 AM 10/27/2010, Malla Pollack wrote:
>Possessing money may also be indirect evidence for the lack of 
>honesty etc.  Even from the Christian religious perspective the 
>common-sense (non-empirical) response is mixed:
>    possessing money was seen by some believers in predestination as 
> a sign that you were among the elect
>   but the New Testament does say that love of money is the root of all evil
>But I know of no empirical reports on this subject.
>Malla
>
>On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Kemper, Mark 
><<mailto:MKemper at bridgew.edu>MKemper at bridgew.edu> wrote:
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>Subject: Re: Impeach Roberts over Citizens United?
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>"furthermore, possessing money is not direct evidence for any of: 
>honesty, virtue, civic-mindedness, caring for others."
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>Of course, depending on how those terms are defined, and what types 
>of additional independent variables are included, having money might 
>be positively correlated to those values (i.e., thus constituting 
>indirect evidence). That is an empirical question, and a fascinating 
>one at that! Has anyone seen empirical studies along these lines?
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>Best,
>
>Mark
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Frank B. Cross
Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law
McCombs School of Business
University of Texas
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