11.17.06
Money is an Issue
Check out this article which says the mere thought of money makes people selfish. To encourage cooperation, you gotta put money in the background or take it out of the equation all together.
In a series of nine experiments, researchers found that money enhanced people’s motivation to achieve their own goals and degraded their behavior toward others. The concept of money, they suggest, makes a person feel more self-sufficient and thus more apt to stand alone.