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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Language makes you poor
A Yale professor’s research suggests speaking English or European Portuguese can make you poor.
But speaking Mandarin or Brazilian Portuguese can help make better financial choices!
BBC report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21518574
Original paper:
http://faculty.som.yale.edu/keithchen/papers/LanguageWorkingPaper.pdf
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