While researching a thing I'm writing, I found this 2019 psych study on how debt relief improves cognitive function for poor people by 1/4 of a standard deviation. That is a LOT.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1810901116
"Reducing debt improves psychological functioning and changes decision-making in the poor" is the title of the study, in case that link requires a login.
Kinda extra proud of #SomervilleMA city councilor Willie Burnley Jr trying to get us municipal relief on medical debts. #MApoli #Somerpoli