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The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
Robert J. Shiller
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Robert J. Shiller
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 29
Economist
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Detroit
Michigan
Robert James Shiller
Bob Shiller
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