The poorest make the poorest choices not because they lack i... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"The poorest make the poorest choices not because they lack intelligence but because they lack options."

Sendhil Mullainathan Truth

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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