Hollie Slade, Forbes

Hollie Slade, Forbes

This article discusses how the charity, Give Directly, which has an extremely simple model find poor people and give them money, has grown in success. Although GiveDirectly has received increasing attention, this article, like most other articles on GiveDriectly does not make the following connection: GiveDirectly essentially give recipients a one-time basic income. The success of GiveDriectly provides favorable evidence for basic income.

Hollie Slade Staff, “Give Directly’s Breakthrough ‘Free Money’ Model Grows As Evidence Mounts.Forbes, 2/10/2014.