More Money Was Supposed to Help Poor Kids. So Why Didn’t It?
For many, the logic seemed unassailable: Giving poor families money would measurably improve the lives of their children. And so a few years ago, social scientists set out to test whether that assumption was right.
The results of the experiment have shocked them.
Guest: Jason DeParle, a Times reporter who covers poverty in the United States.
Background reading:
- A rigorous experiment appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being.
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