
Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Money?
10 financial questions for the one you love
Wendy De La Rosa is a co-founder and head of research of Duke's Common Cents Lab. De La Rosa was on the founding team of Google's behavioral economics team, leads two monthly behavioral economics book clubs in San Francisco and New York City, and is a PhD at Stanford in consumer behavior.
10 financial questions for the one you love
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