"Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering,……" — Daniel Kahneman
"Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering."
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Daniel Kahneman
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158 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
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