“Homelessness for Dummies”: The Economics of Living in the Street

By Gligor Tashkovich (United States) Around October of 2014, Nadine approached me as I was walking towards my office in Manhattan. She and her husband Jeffrey had been living on the street corner of East 57th and Madison 24/7 in all weather conditions and without proper shelter. They would find clothes from time-to-time — even…