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38. Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2)

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Are There Other Implications of Cognitive Taxes on the Poor?

Economists are very sensitive to taxes. But we're very insensitive to cognitive taxes, says David Frum. "It's like asking you to think about the thing that's stressing you out," he says of financial aid forms for poor people. 'We impose these cognitive burdens on the poor without really realizing that we're imposing them'

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