The poor make the same quality decisions as the rich when gi... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"The poor make the same quality decisions as the rich when given the same resources and constraints."

Sendhil Mullainathan Truth

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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