Senator Young: Only 10 of 80 federal social programs rigorously studied
Todd Young · a16z Podcast | Modernizing Government Services, From Food Stamps to Foster Care · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:51
U.S. Senator Todd Young discusses government efficiency and the lack of evidence-based evaluation across federal social safety-net programs on the a16z Podcast.
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“There are roughly, depending upon one, how one counts the different social support programs, 80 federal social support programs. Only 10 have ever been rigorously studied using the gold standard, randomized controlled trials across multiple sites. Can you imagine a business continuing to operate 70 programs that they weren't even sure were money makers or not, right? I mean and so out of those 10 studied, only one has been found to meet its defined purpose.”
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