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The economics of forgiveness

With Dr. Molly Crockett on why we punish, why we forgive, and what the price of each turns out to be.

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With Dr. Molly Crockett on why we punish, why we forgive, and what the price of each turns out to be.

Recorded in London. A transcript follows within the week.

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Maya Okafor

Staff writer covering money, fairness and the strange economics of everyday kindness; previously on the business desk of a national daily.

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