Nobody thought a one off $500 or $2000 will be life changing and it's not what the researchers were surprised about. The surprise is that on most subjective we

Nobody thought a one off $500 or $2000 will be life changing and it's not what the researchers were surprised about. The surprise is that on most subjective well-being metrics, the groups receiving some windfall cash reported significantly worse after getting some extra cash than the control group (equally poor, receiving nothing.) [1] https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ced9e41-87d3-4f80-b096-b2b70aa98563_1192x1900.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_...