The Moral Molecule takes an entirely fresh scientific look at one of the biggest questions in life: are we born good or evil and exactly what drives the way we behave?

Paul Zak tells the remarkable story of how he discovered and explored the biochemistry of sympathy, love and trust with the narrative skill of a novelist. Philosophy, economics and biology have rarely been so entertaining. Matt Ridley, author of Genome An ancient mammalian molecule prods us to bond with others. Paul Zak offers a most engaging account of this important discovery, bound to overthrow traditional thinking about human behavior, including economics and morality. Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy Paul Zak's investigations into the best things in life are inspired, rigorous, and tremendous fun. We need more daring economists like him. Tyler Cowen, author of The Great Stagnation and the forthcoming An Economist Gets Lunch an engaging read BBC Focus Engaging, entertaining and profound. Kirkus Reviews 20120401

Paul Zak is the founding Director of the Centre for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University. He has degrees in mathematics and economics from San Diego State University, a Ph.D. in economics from University of Pennsylvania, and post-doctoral training in neuroimaging from Harvard. Professor Zak is an expert in neuroeconomics, a field he helped create, and is a recognised expert in oxytocin.