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

Illustration by Andrea Wan, the New York Times Magazine