Cucumbers and Grapes
The Monkey Experiment That Explains Our Broken Economy
In one of the most famous behavioural studies of the 21st century, a pair of capuchin monkeys taught the world a brutal truth about fairness. Give both monkeys a slice of cucumber, and they’re content. But give one monkey a grape, a sweeter, rarer treat, while the other still gets cucumber, and the experiment explodes.
The cucumber monkey throws the food…
