Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Excellent illustration of the labor supply impact of public benefits

Featuring the Urban Institute's Olivia Golden (who I've had the privilege to work with on several occasions) at about 2:45.

If you think the answer to these problems is to take away benefits, I disagree with you.

If you don't take "it felt like I was standing at the edge of a cliff and I was going to get pushed off" (2:23) kind of reactions to personal situations into account when thinking about what to do about these problems, I don't consider you to be taking a very serious position.


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