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Michael Munger is an economist, political theorist and author. He was last on the program in July of 2020 talking about education. Mike: The way economists usually look at preferences is that we say preferences are rational. We'd love to hear from you. Go to econtalk.org where you could subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links on the information related to today's conversation.

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?