Poor Relief: Why Giving People Money Is Not the Answer to Global Poverty

It is widely believed that distributing cash to people in poverty is the best way to help them while avoiding paternalism. Heath Henderson pushes back, arguing that a markets-know-best model is itself paternalistic and displaces better interventions. Instead, people in poverty need the democratic power to coordinate solutions for themselves.

• | Author: Heath Henderson
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674296138
• | ISBN-10: 0674296133