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How talented kids from low-income families become America's 'Lost Einsteins'

  • Written by Alexander Bell, PhD Candidate, Economics, Harvard University
New research concludes that there are many “Lost Einsteins” in America – children who had the ability to become inventors but didn't because of where they were born.Shutterstock.com

Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth.

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