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Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus on GiveDirectly

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Do You See Long Term Evidence on the Impact of Cash?

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Long-term studies have shown that cash can help people make better lives for their children. But it's hard to understand how giving them cash is going to, say Wil and Marke. It's just really hard to make people more productive from the outside. Some people don't want to be made more productive - they just want to lead a simple life. They would love to have more to eat. I'm happy to help em do that’s how i give the people on the street a dollar. And coming back from a conference once, the guy he was walking with gave that person a 20. That's a nicer person than i am. Nless you.

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