Giving money to the people on your Christmas list may seem like a cop out, but it’s what many of them probably want — especially if they’re young. A new survey from Wells Fargo revealed preferences ...

What makes us give money to charity? Most giving is done through some sort of social interaction. Eighty-five per cent of donations are made in response to a direct request – through a friend, on the ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.31361459.3 https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.31361459.3 Cash transfer programs—also known as guaranteed or basic income programs—have ...

As cash transfer programs expand across the United States, critics often warn that giving people money could spark reckless behavior, leading to injuries or even deaths. But a sweeping 11-year ...

What to do about a global economy where everybody is broke and unemployed? Drake Bennett of the Boston Globe reports on initiatives around the world that fight poverty by, uh, giving money to poor ...

We should have these debates, of course. But we should also feel grateful that the stakes are as modest as they are. In Poor Relief: Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty, Heath ...