self-interest

And that schism is not because rural voters misunderstand their “self-interest” or because racial dog whistles have led them astray.

“But individual blacks are breaking away from the group, putting their self-interest ahead of groupthink, asserting their political individuality.”

“I don’t take positions for my own self-interest,” he writes.

History is full of ambitious international agreements that collapse under self-interest, misaligned incentives or inertia.

The second was that he was excessively alert to the self-interest and self-promotion of others.