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The bagel honor-box system shows people are honorable
Paul Feldman's office bagel delivery using an unmonitored honor box, tracked over years, found that roughly 90% of people paid, demonstrating that an honor-payment system can work and that most people behave honorably even without enforcement—contrary to economists who insist such a system cannot function.
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Stephen DubnerEvidence Quote
“It was an honor-box system. That was really the key... you could then determine how, quote, 'honorable' people were”
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