IDEA #4
How fortune favours the beautiful
Physically attractive people have tremendous advantages in life.
What you need to know
It probably won’t surprise you to hear that attractive people get more breaks in life, but you may be amazed by the sheer extent of the benefits they receive through pure accident of birth. Daniel Hamermesh, a noted economist who coined the term ‘pulchronomics’ – the economics of beauty – has demonstrated that not only do attractive people earn more than their physically less attractive peers but they also receive milder prison sentences, get loans more easily, are more productive at work, are happier, and have ...
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