The poor are not less capable; they have fewer degrees of fr... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"The poor are not less capable; they have fewer degrees of freedom."

Sendhil Mullainathan Freedom

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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