Some economists would believe that is the modal action is to people keep the found wallet. I'm agnostic on it and I'm tempted to do the Northian, well, it depends how much money and it depends how hard it is to turn it back. That's a good place to predict as a total stranger. Most people will keep the wallet if it's really true that you're not going to be caught. It takes something that was noble and godly and turned into something. Todrian self-interested, right?
Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our desires. Can we change what we want? And how should economists and normal human beings think about doing the right thing, what we often call morality? Is acting morally self-interested behavior or is it possible to act selflessly?