Discrimination in hiring arises from simultaneous cognitive failures

Discrimination is costly and illegal in many OECD and other countries, including the UK. It can result in suboptimal hiring decisions, with unnecessary social and economic losses. So, why does it keep happening? Nikita analyses the issue under the light of dual-process theory, with its System 1 and System 2 types of cognitive processes popularised by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman. She writes that discrimination arises because of simultaneous failures in both of these systems.