How Wealth Reduces Compassion

[B’ Spokes: Just the bit relevant to this blog but the whole thing is interesting.]
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By Daisy Grewal, Scientific American
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In one study, Piff and his colleagues discreetly observed the behavior of drivers at a busy four-way intersection. They found that luxury car drivers were more likely to cut off other motorists instead of waiting for their turn at the intersection. This was true for both men and women upper-class drivers, regardless of the time of day or the amount of traffic at the intersection. In a different study they found that luxury car drivers were also more likely to speed past a pedestrian trying to use a crosswalk, even after making eye contact with the pedestrian.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-wealth-reduces-compassion