Bloomberg.com, February 28, 2012
In an opinion piece on Bloomberg.org, prominent Harvard economist Edward Glaeser writes, “Redistribution has costs . . . but it also has benefits, particularly by creating a society with less painful poverty. . . . I won’t try to convince you that the U.S. should do more or less for its poorer citizens. I am interested in a better-designed welfare system.” Glaeser concludes, “By combining our aid programs and primarily giving cash, we can have a more efficient welfare system that provides more freedom and better incentives for aid recipients.”
The article is online at:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/cash-better-than-food-stamps-in-helping-poor-commentary-by-edward-glaeser.html
