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title: Power law distributions in homelessness
date: "2006-02-08T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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description: I share Malcolm Gladwell’s analysis of how homelessness follows a power law distribution. It highlights how focusing resources on a small percentage of chronically homeless individuals can be more effective and cheaper than traditional broad-based social services.
keywords: [malcolm gladwell, power law distribution, homelessness, public policy, resource allocation, social services]
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Malcolm Gladwell on how [homelessness obeys the power law distribution](http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060213fa_fact), and its implications.

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## Comments

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- **bharani** _10 Feb 2006 12:39 am_:
  u got a new look! cool!

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