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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2017
Many short-sighted behaviors are more common among poorer people. These behaviors are neither evolutionarily nor historically unusual and have strong contemporary encouragement. The bigger puzzle is their lower frequency among the affluent. The behaviors also have clear cultural and normative aspects that limit the usefulness of strictly individualist theories.
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The behavioural constellation of deprivation: Causes and consequences
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