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Of ants and grasshoppers: The political psychology of allocating public assistance

Cambridge University Press eBooksPublished 24 September 1993
Linda J. Skitka, Philip E. Tetlock
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Abstract

A grasshopper that had merrily sung all the summer was almost perishing with hunger in the winter. So she went to some Ants that lived nearby, and asked them to lend her a little of the food they had put by. "You shall certainly be paid before this time of year comes again". said she. "What did you do all summer?" asked they. "Why, all day long, and all night long too, I sang, if you please", answered the grasshopper. "Oh! you sang, did you?" said the Ants. "Well, now then, you can dance."–Aesop's fable (Rundell, 1956)

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Social Sciences