“The Rich Steal More Than The Poor”

Wednesday, 6th November 2019 at 4:42pm

On the US edition of the Guardian website, an article reports that people on incomes of $70,000 shoplift 30% more than those earning $20,000 per year.

The article cites one ongoing case of a ‘bait-and-switch’ scam involving two coffee makers, where the suspect paid $8million for an island in the Florida Keys, just one week before his arrest.

Psychologists have a label for such behaviour: nonsensical shoplifting, or shoplifting not apparently motivated by need or desire.

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