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Neuroscientist and BYU Law professor Stephanie Plamondon Bair discusses research about the negative impact poverty has on brain development and creativity. In her legal research, she advocates for policymakers to tackle poverty directly because it will generate more economic innovation.
"We often think about poverty-reduction programs in terms of their economic costs, with any benefits being primarily dignitary,” Bair said. “But the link between poverty and innovation suggests that these programs could have major economic benefits as well, in the form of increased innovation, which fuels economic growth."
Read more about her work:
https://news.byu.edu/lost-einsteins-reducing-poverty-increases-innovation
Neuroscientist and BYU Law professor Stephanie Plamondon Bair discusses research about the negative impact poverty has on brain development and creativity. In her legal research, she advocates for policymakers to tackle poverty directly because it will generate more economic innovation.
"We often think about poverty-reduction programs in terms of their economic costs, with any benefits being primarily dignitary,” Bair said. “But the link between poverty and innovation suggests that these programs could have major economic benefits as well, in the form of increased innovation, which fuels economic growth."
Read more about her work:
https://news.byu.edu/lost-einsteins-reducing-poverty-increases-innovation
