Selfishness is Learned, College Grads and Jobs

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 181

Jul 30, 2018 1:00 pm
1:35:47 mins

Selfishness is Learned (14:46) Matt Hutson has written for Newsweek, Wired, The Atlantic, Scientific American Mind, Popular Mechanics, and dozens of other publications. Matt also has written for Psychology Today, where he was the News Editor for four years. He is the Author of the book: THE 7 LAWS OF MAGICAL THINKING: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane. What is our inherent nature? Are we born good or are we born selfish? Matt Hutson discusses his article Selfishness is Learned. College Grads and Jobs (1:06:50) Michael Betz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. His expertise is in regional and rural/urban economics. His research explores factors that drive local labor markets and demographic change in the United States with a particular focus on difference between rural and urban areas. Finding a job afer college graduation can be tough. Are college graduates looking for the same things as they did in the earlier decades? Or has a changing world affected what attracts educated workers? Dr. Betz with the info.

Episode Segments

Episode Segments

Selfishness is Learned

52m

Matt Hutson has written for Newsweek, Wired, The Atlantic, Scientific American Mind, Popular Mechanics, and dozens of other publications. Matt also has written for Psychology Today, where he was the News Editor for four years. He is the Author of the book: THE 7 LAWS OF MAGICAL THINKING: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane. What is our inherent nature? Are we born good or are we born selfish? Matt Hutson discusses his article Selfishness is Learned.

College Grads and Jobs

29m

Michael Betz, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. His expertise is in regional and rural/urban economics. His research explores factors that drive local labor markets and demographic change in the United States with a particular focus on difference between rural and urban areas. Finding a job afer college graduation can be tough. Are college graduates looking for the same things as they did in the earlier decades? Or has a changing world affected what attracts educated workers? Dr. Betz with the info.