"Would you do X for $Y?" Most of the time you can increase Y to get the answer "yes". In many cases Y can even be factored out by changing it to "Would you do

"Would you do X for $Y?" Most of the time you can increase Y to get the answer "yes". In many cases Y can even be factored out by changing it to "Would you do X so you wouldn't get fired?" Empirical answers differ a lot from people's theoretical principles.