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Cash Transfers, Or The Provision Of Money To People By The State, Reach Hundreds Of Million People Worldwide. But When Did They Start, And How Did They Spread Over Countries And Centuries? How Did Past Practices Look Like, And How Did They Evolve? Why, Despite Compelling Evidence, Are Policymakers Sometimes Skeptical About Cash Transfers? Have Similar Concerns Been Raised In The Past, And How Were They Resolved? Timely Cash Explores These Questions By Tracing Cash Transfers Over History, Codifying Diversity In Experiences, And Identifying Recurrent Patterns. In Doing So, The Volume May Help Illuminate The Roots Of Modern Cash Transfer Dilemmas And Reveal How The Past Can Offer Surprising Lessons For Contemporary Debates-- Provided By Publisher.