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From The New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittroff.
This is The Daily.
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.
But the results of that test have shocked them.
Today,
my colleague Jason DeParle on how a groundbreaking experiment has undercut deeply held assumptions about how to end the cycle of childhood poverty.
It's Wednesday, August 6th.
Jason, you've been reporting on poverty and the efforts to address it for... decades.
You've written books on the subject.
So tell me about this study that has really shaken the policy world that you cover.
It's long been clear that children in affluent families do better than their low-income peers on measures of cognitive development and behavior.