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Re:GiveDirectly Planning to Give $30M in Basic Income to Eas... by tootie on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:37PM (#11647505)
This is the inverse of what NGOs do. Put money in the hands of consumers and let them drive local markets to produce what they actually want and need.
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Re:GiveDirectly Planning to Give $30M in Basic Income to Eas... by dragonwriter on Friday May 06, 2016 @07:39PM (#11647508)
It is actually an NGO doing this, and its not the only NGO that fits something closer to that description than its inverse.
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