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> If you only include homeless people statistically you can expect that they will make poorer financial decisions than the rest of the population. Where are y
by galleywest200 3y ago
> If you only include homeless people statistically you can expect that they will make poorer financial decisions than the rest of the population.
Where are you getting this? The article is indicating that only people experiencing homelessness were given this, and its indicating quite a few of the participants of the study got off the streets and even out of shelters.
Not everybody is homeless due to their financial mismanagement, some people just get runs of bad luck.
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> The article is indicating that only people experiencing homelessness were given this, Yes, which is why this is a has nothing to do with UBI. Cash based welfare payments are not a particularly novel idea and there is plenty of data why do they work/don’t work. > Not everybody is homeless due to their financial mismanagement, some people just get runs of bad luck. Of course. However on average they are probably significantly more likely to mismanage that money than other groups.