Timely Cash: Lessons From 2,500 Years of Giving People Money - Ugo Gentilini

Category: Business, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Economics

Written by Ugo Gentilini
Read by Brian Conover
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
Release date: 07-24-25

Every country provides some form of direct cash transfer to people in need, and this provision of money reaches hundreds of millions of people worldwide. But these provisions are often accompanied by heated debates on whether and how such assistance should be provided.

Seeking a way to better understand the current global debates on cash transfers, Timely Cash provides a historical overview of the concept. It explores the 2,500-year history of cash transfers to trace the origins of cash transfer programs, tracks how they have evolved over time and spread across the world, and considers the longstanding debates that surround them.

By connecting these historical perspectives with the present day, identifying reoccurring patterns, and codifying diversity in experiences, Ugo Gentilini illuminates the roots of modern cash transfer dilemmas and reveals the surprising lessons the past can offer for these contemporary debates.