More Money Was Supposed to Help Poor Kids. So Why Didn’t It?

For many, the logic seemed unassailable: Giving poor families money would measurably improve the lives of their children. And so, a few years ago, social scientists set out to test whether that assumption was right. The results of the experiment have shocked them.

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