The idea of giving poor people cash, no strings attached, is "very unappealing" for most donors, admits economist Michael Faye -- but it's still one of the best ways to help the poor. Michael and Julia discuss the philosophy behind his organization (GiveDirectly), the evidence we have so far about cash transfers as an anti-poverty intervention, and the various concerns people have about it: How long-lasting are the effects? Does it make recipients less likely to work? Does it cause inflation?
Rationally Speaking #203 - Stephen Webb on "Where is Everybody? Solutions to the Fermi Paradox."
Rationally Speaking #202 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case Against Education"
Rationally Speaking #201 - Ben Buchanan on "The Cybersecurity Dilemma"
Rationally Speaking #200 - Timothy Lee on "How much should tech companies moderate speech?"
Rationally Speaking #199 - Jessica Flanigan on "Why people should have the right to self-medicate"
Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies"
Rationally Speaking #197 - Doug Hubbard on "Why people think some things can’t be quantified (and why they’re wrong)"
Rationally Speaking #196 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Weird ideas and opaque minds"
Rationally Speaking #195 - Zach Weinersmith on "Emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything"
Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True"
Rationally Speaking #193 - Eric Jonas on "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?"
Rationally Speaking #192 - Jesse Singal on “The problems with implicit bias tests”
Rationally Speaking #191 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on "What the internet can tell us about human nature" (Fixed)
Rationally Speaking #190 - Amanda Askell on "Pascal's Wager and other low risks with high stakes"
Rationally Speaking #189 - Stephan Guyenet on "What causes obesity?"
Rationally Speaking #188 - Robert Kurzban on "Being strategically wrong"
Rationally Speaking #187 - Jason Weeden on "Do people vote based on self-interest?"
Rationally Speaking #186 - Tania Lombrozo on "Why we evolved the urge to explain"
Rationally Speaking #185 - Hans Noel on "The role of ideology in politics"
Rationally Speaking #184 - Gregory Clark on "What caused the industrial revolution?"
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