The Most Surprising Thing About Wall Street Criminals

“If Madoff was a crook that had planned everything upfront, wouldn’t he have had some exit strategy with some island somewhere,” says Dan Ariely, author of a new book “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.” Behavioral economist at Duke University, Ariely found that people who lie don’t think long term. The same trend applies to Wall Streeter who are caught cheating, he says. Read Business Insider report here.