The poor are trapped in a system that taxes their attention ... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"The poor are trapped in a system that taxes their attention and judges their choices."

Sendhil Mullainathan Freedom

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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