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Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/

A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.

• administration, tag
• economy, tag
• poverty, tag
• sociology, tag
• welfare, tag
• cooperation, tag
• ·3 years ago

Direct aid, subsidies, tax breaks – the hidden welfare budget we don’t debate | Politics | The Guardian

theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/07/direct-aid-subsidies-tax-breaks-the-hidden-welfare-budget-we-dont-debate

Vast sums are handed out in corporate welfare, and official silence is skewing the debate, so the public don’t know where billions of their own taxes are going

• tax, tag
• politics, tag
• uk, tag
• capitalism, tag
• welfare, tag
• corporations, tag
• ·9 years ago

How to End Homelessness - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/the-best-way-to-end-homelessness/398282/

The first-ever large-scale study on the topic finds that permanent, stable housing can be more cost-effective than shelters.

• social_justice, tag
• homelessness, tag
• city, tag
• poverty, tag
• housing, tag
• interventions, tag
• welfare, tag
• ·9 years ago