# Could your language affect your ability to save money?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Keith Chen
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_chen_could_your_language_affect_your_ability_to_save_money)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What can economists learn from linguists? Behavioral economist Keith Chen introduces a fascinating pattern from his research: that languages without a concept for the future -- "It rain tomorrow," instead of "It will rain tomorrow" -- correlate strongly with high savings rates.

## Lectures

1. [Could your language affect your ability to save money?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/keith_chen_could_your_language_affect_your_ability_to_save_money/f324c514d61f), 12 min (TED's player)