Participants received $1,000 a month. They took better jobs, went back to school and started opening businesses.

Participants received $1,000 a month. They took better jobs, went back to school and started opening businesses.

Study: https://www.openresearchlab.org/studies/unconditional-cash-study/study

Archived version: https://archive.ph/8BtU9

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipM
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    2 months ago

    We had plenty of real life tests. Look at COVID-19 as the latest large scale example. Countries were giving out people unconditional cash and research showed that it was overwhelming success.

    There are also plenty of different scale examples in the world. See https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map