An economist has determined that the difference in rates of savings between countries can be put down to language.
Does having a future tense make you see the future differently? Just how important is language to perception?
Linguist Daniel Midgley investigates the claims on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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A write-up in the Yale Daily News:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/nov/15/economics-and-linguistics-merge-study/
About household savings rates around the world:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_25/b4183010451928.htm
More complete:
Google Document
About emotions and language:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102093045.htm
