Faust and Mephistofle by Eugène Siberdt.

UofL researcher Daniel DeCaro called the decision to trade personal choice for economic security a fundamental Faustian bargain. Painting:

UofL researcher Daniel DeCaro called the decision to trade personal choice for economic security a fundamental Faustian bargain. Painting: “Faust and Mephistofle” by Eugène Siberdt (1851-1931), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Daniel DeCaro, associate professor in UofL’s Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Urban and Public Affairs