Erica Sandberg on Homelessness and Downtown Streets Team

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🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Podcaster and writer Erica Sandberg talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about homelessness in San Francisco. Sandberg talks about what the city can do about homelessness and her experience with Downtown Streets Team, which gives homeless people in the Bay Area the chance to work in exchange for gift cards that let them buy food and other basics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.5	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.1	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.1	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done
0:25.2	going back to 2006.
0:27.5	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:31.5	Today is March 16, 2017, and my guest is podcaster and writer, Erica Sandberg.
0:40.1	She writes often on issues of personal finance.
0:43.1	Our topic for today is a little bit different.
0:45.5	It's homelessness and some creative ways that people in the San Francisco area and surrounding
0:51.1	areas are helping homeless people.
0:53.8	Let's start Erica.
0:54.8	Tell us a little bit about yourself.
0:55.8	What's your background?
0:56.8	Hey, Russ.
0:57.8	Yeah, my background is in personal finance, consumer finance, actually, banking, credit
1:05.4	issues, budgeting.
1:09.0	And I do have a podcast.
1:11.0	It's called Adventures with Money, and it's all about how you can enjoy life no matter
1:15.4	what you own or own or oh.
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