It was the chicken, vegetables, and bag of licorice that did her in. Gwyneth Paltrow gave herself a C- on the $29-a-week Food Stamp Challenge, and even predicted at the outset that she’d never make it through. Self fulfilling prophesy or no, subsisting on very little money is hard—and most of the planet’s poorest people do it on $2 a day or under. It’s a common misconception that those below the poverty line drive themselves into impecunity via poor financial management and carelessness, requiring NGO aid just to survive. But Portfolios of the Poor—Mark Zuckerberg’s 17th pick for his Year…
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