Discussion of BIG has gained strength in the United States recent with editorials in Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, and it even got a mention from Paul Krugman. Although not by name, the discussion of BIG has now reached the New York Times Magazine. A column by Jacob Goldstein reports very positively on GiveDirectly and the Kenyan study on cash dividends, which essentially follows a BIG model.
See past BI News reports on these issues:
Karl Widerquist, “OPINION: Important study finds that giving money without conditions to the poor increases both employment and wages”
USBIG, “Google Gives $2.5 Million to a Direct Cash Transfer Charity”
BIEN, “New non-profit uses unconditional cash transfers”
If you would like to support GiveDirectly, go to: https://www.givedirectly.org/.
Jacob Goldstein, “Is It Nuts to Give to the Poor Without Strings Attached?” the New York Times, August 13, 2013
Illustration by Andrea Wan, the New York Times Magazine
