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Interesting thoughts. Certainly the sample size is far too small, but maybe there is something to take away from this study.
Why we should give free money to everyone
https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/35246939860-ec3a6c3e
Is It Nuts to Give to the Poor Without Strings Attached?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/m...m_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed&_r=1&
PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT TO ROUGH SLEEPERS
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/support-rough-sleepers-london
We tend to think that simply giving people money makes them lazy. Yet a wealth of scientific research proves the contrary: free money helps. It is time for a radical reform of the welfare state.
The Economist concluded:
‘The most efficient way to spend money on the homeless might be to give it to them.’
That spring, a local charity takes a radical decision. The street veterans are to become the beneficiaries of an innovative social experiment. No more food stamps, food kitchen dinners or sporadic shelter stays for them. The men will get a drastic bailout, financed by taxpayers. They'll each receive 3,000 pounds, cash, with no strings attached. The men are free to decide what to spend it on; counseling services are completely optional. No requirements, no hard questions. The only question they have to answer is:
What do you think is good for you?
Eradicating poverty in the United States would cost $175 billion – a quarter of the country’s $700 billion military budget.
Why we should give free money to everyone
https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/35246939860-ec3a6c3e
Is It Nuts to Give to the Poor Without Strings Attached?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/m...m_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed&_r=1&
PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT TO ROUGH SLEEPERS
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/support-rough-sleepers-london
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