Perhaps the most overlooked article of the week is this one from New York magazine (Can Cash Incentives Pull a Poor Family Out of Poverty?) looking into the prospects of success for New York’s much-debate cash incentive program. We’ve heard what everyone thinks about giving incentives (aka bribes) to poor families for health and educational behaviors -- I’m OK with them, most folks aren’t. Now take a look at how they work in the real world.
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