[jcl]

The most interesting thing about the article is that people randomly assigned to positions of power lied better than their underlings. It's not simply a matter of better liars rising to better positions -- being in power changes you physically. ("Power corrupts"?)

[pasbesoin]

I haven't read the article yet (disclaimer), but would this speak to the influence of asymmetry of information (who knows what), that has been mentioned in the media more and more in the last few years?