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    Poverty, by America
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    1. chrisaldrich 09 Nov 2024
      scientists Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir call this “the bandwidthtax.” “Being poor,” they write, “reduces a person’s cognitive capacity morethan going a full night without sleep.” When we are preoccupied bypoverty, “we have less mind to give to the rest of life.” Poverty does not justdeprive people of security and comfort; it siphons off their brainpower, too.
      taxing the poor bandwidth tax cognitive capacity sleep deprivation poverty Sendhil Mullainathan Eldar Shafir
    2. chrisaldrich 09 Nov 2024
      The criminal-legal system, Weaver has written, “trains people for adistinctive and lesser kind of citizenship.”[16]
      quotes criminal justice system citizenship Vesla Weaver taxing the poor
    3. chrisaldrich 09 Nov 2024
      Criminal justice agencies levy steep fines and fees on the poor, oftenmaking them pay for their own prosecution and incarceration.

      I'm reminded of these issues in Salem, MA during the witch trials

      witch trials incarceration poverty taxing the poor
    4. chrisaldrich 09 Nov 2024

      Desmond, Matthew. Poverty, by America. 1st ed. New York: Crown, 2023. https://amzn.to/40Aqzlp

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