Better Living Though Chemical Induction of Psychotropic Transformation

I found this article on economics and brain function interesting. From within:

People tend much to prefer, say, $100 now to $115 next week, but they are indifferent between $100 a year from now and $115 in a year and a week. In one recent experiment, […] [David] Laibson, [an economist at Harvard University] and others found that the brain's response to short-term riches (in this case, gift certificates of $15 or $20) occurs largely in the limbic system, a region that governs emotion. By contrast, the prospect of rewards farther into the future triggers the prefrontal cortex, which is often associated with reason and calculation. Thus, choosing immediate economic gratification, by spending excessively on credit cards or not saving enough even though you “know better”, could be a sign that the limbic system is in charge. Government policies, such as forced savings or “cooling off” periods for buying property or cars, may be one remedy.

I may be wrong, but if government policies designed to counteract the dominance of the limbic system in individual bodies make senses (which I believe they probably do), wouldn't such policies also be appropriate for government and corporate bodies as well? A group of shareholders is little more than a group of brains; each being just as capable as any other of sabotaging its' own long-term security. It may be truthful to espouse that the degradation of the environment is a consequence of "choosing immediate economic gratification", but it's also cliché. As we learn more about neurobiology, perhaps we can fashion a more accurate and constructive dialogue with those who would liquidate our heritage and view habitat as an "asset". When someone says, "I believe clear-cutting is good for forests", the proper response should be, "Well, that's a pharmaceutical issue".