Commentary: The psychology behind taking dirty money from Jeffrey Epstein
by Nina Strohminger, Los Angeles Times
Sep 19, 2019
3 minutes
Why do good people take bad money? And what are the insidious effects of doing so?
These are puzzles surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, who so easily insinuated himself into prestigious universities and an orbit of prominent scientists years after his 2008 conviction. His billion-dollar fortune allowed him to lavishly fund their research activities and centers, among them MIT's Media Lab.
But those receiving the money knew about his past. In fact, senior leaders at MIT approved
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