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Making the World a Safer Place

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The Effects of Cash and Therapy

The experiment divided a thousand young men into two groups. After half received Johnson's program for eight weeks, the larger group was divided at random into two new groups. The first received a cash gift of $200; the other did not. Chris recently finished tracking the men over 10 years. There were modest, long-term benefits for the men who receive therapy alone. For the men who received cash only, it was a whole different story.

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