People used the money to buy cows and start businesses. Their kids went hungry less often. (Full disclosure: Haushofer's co-author helped found GiveDirectly but no longer works there.

You see a person on the sidewalk asking for money — should you donate some spare cash? Is this the best way to be helpful? With more than 80,000 people who are homeless or lacking adequate ...

Finally, I believe we fail to give freely to all who ask because we value our possessions more than people. We cherish stuff more than souls. In The Shepherd of Hermas, an early church writing, we ...

Give people free money, you take away an incentive to work. Incentives matter. Shaw argues, "We conflate the idea of work with jobs." It's true, people do meaningful work outside jobs.

A study discovers what happens to farmers in Kenya after they get a windfall. Also: giving money to thieves and drug addicts in a country that's much worse off than Kenya.