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In the world of Save. Spend. Splurge.: Where your language affects your ability to save money

In the world of Save. Spend. Splurge.: Where your language affects your ability to save money

I loved this Keith Chen Ted talk about how your language could affect your ability to save money. It was fascinating, the way language shapes the way you think about the past, present and future. This is however NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO NOT SAVE YOUR MONEY just because you speak English 😛

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Could your language affect your ability to save money?

What can economists learn from linguists? Behavioral economist Keith Chen introduces a fascinating pattern from his research: that languages without a concept for the future -- "It rain tomorrow," instead of "It will rain tomorrow" -- correlate strongly with high savings rates.

Els parlants de llengües que tenen formes estructurals de marcar el futur (temps verbals) mostren menys conductes estalviadores que els parlants de llengües que marquen menys el futur.

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Keith Chen on a collaboration between linguists and economists, to explore how the way you talk about the weather influences you.

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"A human brain capable of performing an immediate, exhaustive economic analysis of every situation would require a brain too large to fit inside a reasonably sized skull."

-- Eric Jaffe on why humans are irrational economic actors

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Does the way we speak affect our propensity to save money?

An excellent talk by Keith Chen talks of whether our native languages affect our inclination to save money. Absolutely jawdropping!!

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Can capuchins understand money?

2005 NYT article about Keith Chen's study on the economic behavior of capuchin monkeys--also known as the inspiration for PAY UP.

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Keith Chen's TED Talk on how your language affects how you save and prepare for the future. Fascinating stuff.