Poor people aren't less intelligent; they're operating in an... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"Poor people aren't less intelligent; they're operating in an environment that exhausts intelligence."

Sendhil Mullainathan Education

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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