Economist

Sendhil Mullainathan

University of Chicago professor. Co-author of Scarcity. Research on how poverty affects cognition.

Known For

ScarcityBandwidth tax of poverty

Canon

Environment Shapes Behavior More Than Willpower

The Jagged Frontier: AI's Radical Unevenness Across Domains

Episodes

#Introducing - Intention to Treat: Money and MisdiagnosisJun 10, 2026 #The Scarcity MindsetOct 6, 2025