Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 15

Using private money, New York City experimented from 2007 to 2010, with a program that paid poorer residents for practicing good life habits such as holding a job ($150 per month), going to the dentist ($100), regular school attendance ($25 to $50 per month), and passing certain examinations ($600). The average family received about $3,00. Would you expect this program to be an effective encouragement to improved life habits Explain. See Associated Press, "N.Y.C. Pays Poor for Good Habits …," The Des Moines Register , March 31, 2010, p. 10A.