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Instead of being greedy in the mid-eighties, screenwriter Stanley Weiser was creating America's most enduring symbol of greed: Gordon Gecko. As portrayed by Michael Douglas in "Wall Street," Gecko was ...

This article summarizes key research and tips from the “Greed” episode of our podcast, Talk Psych to Me. Available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. “Greedy” is generally a word ...

If you want to join the public debate over politics, be sure you never define your terms. The penalty for explaining what you mean is that you may have to be consistent. And you don't want to be ...

Religion and science have long had disagreements — from Galileo, who was tried for teaching that the Earth was not the center of the universe, to battles over teaching evolution in public schools. But ...