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> [“So in concrete terms, just how much dumber does poverty make you? “Our effects correspond to between 13 and 14 IQ points,” Shafir says. “That’s comparable to losing a night’s sleep or the effects of alcoholism.” What’s”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/so-in-concrete-terms-just-how-much-dumber-does-poverty-make-you-our/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

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## More by Rutger Bregman

> [“If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend, say scientists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/if-all-the-developed-countries-would-let-in-just-3-more-immigrants/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“When Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15, 2008, and inaugurated the biggest crisis since the 1930s, there were no real alternatives to hand. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/when-lehman-brothers-collapsed-on-september-15-2008-and-inaugurated/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/i-think-one-of-the-most-important-facts-of-basic-income-would-be-that/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [The great thing about money is that people can use it to buy things they need instead of things self-appointed experts think they need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/the-great-thing-about-money-is-that-people-can-use-it-to-buy-things/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“The idea that the GDP still serves as an accurate gauge of social welfare is one of the most widespread myths of our times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/the-idea-that-the-gdp-still-serves-as-an-accurate-gauge-of-social/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [Most of Mark Zuckerberg's income is just rent collected off the millions of picture and video posts that we give away daily for free.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/most-of-mark-zuckerberg-s-income-is-just-rent-collected-off-the/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“To calculate the GDP, numerous data points have to be linked together and hundreds of wholly subjective choices made regarding what to count and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/to-calculate-the-gdp-numerous-data-points-have-to-be-linked-together/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“Countless studies have shown that people who work less are more satisfied with their lives.37 In a recent poll conducted among working women, German…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/countless-studies-have-shown-that-people-who-work-less-are-more/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“Precisely when we should be shouldering the historic task of investing this rich, safe, and healthy existence with meaning, we’ve buried utopia instead. There’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/precisely-when-we-should-be-shouldering-the-historic-task-of/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act - it means that we don't need all those managers and CEO's, kings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/believing-in-the-good-of-humanity-is-a-revolutionary-act-it-means/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [Poor people aren't making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they're living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/poor-people-aren-t-making-dumb-decisions-because-they-are-dumb-but/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“The bottom line is that wealth can be concentrated somewhere, but that doesn’t also mean that’s where it’s being created. This is just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/the-bottom-line-is-that-wealth-can-be-concentrated-somewhere-but-that/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/recently-the-international-monetary-fund-published-a-report-which/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [“Not coincidentally, the countries with the shortest workweeks also have the largest number of volunteers and the most social capital.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/not-coincidentally-the-countries-with-the-shortest-workweeks-also/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

> [It matters so much that from a very early age we encounter different kinds of different people, because that's what real life should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/it-matters-so-much-that-from-a-very-early-age-we-encounter-different/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

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