An article from the New Statesman:
Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people
Studies show that "begging emerges in the “middle-late stages” of homelessness, once people have already exhausted other options. The rock bottom has already been reached."
Is there a proclivity among humans to beg?
Is there a proclivity among human beings to be altruistic?
To invoke the group as a source of support?
Where does altruism and begging intersect?