>>>>>http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/07/22/0236213/experiment-shows-people-exposed-to-east-german-socialism-cheat-more?sdsrc=popbyskid
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>>>>The article seems a bit slanted. The difference in behaviour was surely not down to the capitalist/socialist nature of the respective states but because of the 'police state' nature of East Germany. Looking at a sample from a capitalistic police state would probably provide the same results as the E German sample.
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>>>>capitalistic police state
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>>>Oxymoron ? :-\
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>>Why. South Africa in apartheid days, Chile, Cuba (pre-revolution) etc.
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>Looks like you saw the Wiki article :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state
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>If "police state" includes economic control, that's not compatible with capitalism as most would like it to be. Crony capitalism or kleptocracy, sure.
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>Maybe the issue is more with living under repression and/or corruption, rather than socialism. Of course, that begs the question of whether socialism suffers from them more than "other forms [of government] that have been tried from time to time" ;)

All probably true. Just thought the whole thing was a bit disingenuous.
We don't know that the question was. What an 'improbably high number' was etc.
The whole thing might boil down to rich v poor.
People from a wealthier society might not bother to cheat for the sage of $6.