Moving Boys Out Of High-Poverty Neighborhoods Leads To PTSD Symptoms

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:30 in Mathematics & Economics

There is a naive belief among some advocates that if people just had more money, their problems would be solved. Yet the saying 'money does not solve everything' exists as a truism for good reason. Less worry about basic needs is obviously good for society - in developing nations, farmers that were able to use science and technology to be competitive with Europe and America showed dramatic improvements for their own families and their communities - and once basic needs are met there is more time to focus on education and culture. In America, this was accomplished in the last century by providing cheap electricity for all. read more

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