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I think the last 50 years have shown that simply throwing money at homelessness won't make it go away. Most modern projects to reduce homelessness have either h

I think the last 50 years have shown that simply throwing money at homelessness won't make it go away. Most modern projects to reduce homelessness have either had unexpectedly underwhelming results or surprisingly large unintended consequences. I think that is about as clear a sign as we're going to get that our common sense notions about how to solve homelessness are insufficient, which means further scientific research is necessary.

_Microft 8y ago
They had a different experience with throwing money at the problem in London. There it actually worked for their test group. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-money-might-be-the-best-way-to-end-poverty/2013/12/29/679c8344-5ec8-11e3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/free-money-might-be-...