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Tech wealthy have a responsibility to the state that made them

2/12/2019 by : Cristobal Young , San Francisco Chronicle

Cristobal Young, associate professor of sociology, writes in this San Francisco Chronicle op-ed that those companies who make their money in Silicon Valley have a responsibility to pay their taxes to the "state that made them," rather than the growing trend of moving out of the high tax state right before t

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Devil versus angel: When do they shift into action in the face of temptation?

8/21/2017 by : Melissa Ferguson , San Francisco Chronicle

What might cause a person to choose a doughnut for breakfast instead of a bowl of oatmeal?

This piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, explores reserach into temptation conducted by Melissa Ferguson, Cornell professor of psychology, and Paul Stillman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at The Ohio State University.