That's the traditional wisdom, and why it took so long for direct cash payments to become popular in philanthropy. The result is a little counterintuitive, depe

That's the traditional wisdom, and why it took so long for direct cash payments to become popular in philanthropy. The result is a little counterintuitive, depending on your intuition. The data show that free money works extraordinarily well at elevating the poor: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what-happens-when-you-just-give-money-to-poor-people http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/10/25/240590433/what-...