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Can compassion have economic benefits?

Aug 29, 2017
Louisville, Kentucky, is providing compassion training in public schools and the city’s jail.
Louisville, Kentucky declared itself a “compassionate city,” by signing onto an international compassion charter in 2011.  Louisville’s mayor, Greg Fischer, is a former businessman who lists making his city more compassionate as one of his top goals.
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