Scientists Gave Homeless People $7,500, Here’s How They Spent It

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"We’ve all heard the story:

Never give a homeless person money.

* Give them food instead.
* Give them clothes instead.
* Give them your time instead.

Otherwise they’ll buy:

* Drugs
* Alcohol
* Cigarettes

But is this even true?

That’s exactly what a group of scientists wanted to figure out.

So they gave a group of 50 homeless people $7,500 each and monitored exactly
how they spent their coin.

The results are truly surprising."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics