Poverty creates a cognitive tunnel that makes it hard to see... - Sendhil Mullainathan

"Poverty creates a cognitive tunnel that makes it hard to see alternatives."

Sendhil Mullainathan Change

Economist Researcher Indian-American Born 1974 (age 52)

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