Let Them Eat Cash – the poor do not waste grants and other news and views for Monday 30 June
Prabowo continues his anti-democratic rhetoric – “Prabowo’s statement on direct elections is another example of his anti-democratic rhetoric, which has been an insufficiently reported feature of the Indonesian presidential campaign.” Drink Up: NYC Ban On Big Sodas Canned – “Big sodas can stay on the menu in the Big Apple after New York state’s highest court refused Thursday to reinstate the city’s first-of-its-kind size limit on sugary drinks.” E-voting experiments end in Norway amid security fears – “Experiments with voting via the net were carried out during elections held in 2011 and 2013. But the trials have ended because, said the government, voters’ fears about their votes becoming public could undermine democratic processes. Political controversy and the fact that the trials did not boost turnout also led to the experiment ending. Let Them Eat Cash – “The poor do not waste grants. Recently, two World Bank economists looked at 19 cash transfer studies in Latin America, Af