Poverty, even brief stints of it, impacts children more than many realize, with poor nutrition, chaotic life changes, and disrupted schooling leaving to lower IQs and a harder life. Jeff Madrick uses statistics and reports to give credence to his belief that giving poor families no-strings cash payments to improve their children';s lot in life. This book is a struggle to get through, but payments to families during the pandemic improved the lots of millions of children as he posited. Sadly, that has expired and those children are sinking back into poverty..