Why Do People Like Universal Basic Income?

2020-02-23

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SOURCES

GiveDirectly

UBI FAQ https://www.givedirectly.org/faq/

UBI Explainer https://www.givedirectly.org/basic-income/

That study about laziness https://www.givedirectly.org/how-do-cash-transfers-impact-neighbors/

Lots of studies they did https://www.givedirectly.org/research-at-give-directly/

165 Studies https://www.odi.org/publications/10505-cash-transfers-what-does-evidence-say-rigorous-review-impacts-and-role-design-and-implementation

Malawi Girls Study

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61709-1/fulltext

Finland Experiment - Scott Santens very comprehensive article

https://medium.com/basic-income/what-is-there-to-learn-from-finlands-basic-income-experiment-did-it-succeed-or-fail-54b8e5051f60

Also, Scott Santens is a BIG proponent of UBI and his FAQ covers pretty much everything here http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq

Really good Investopedia UBI explainer

https://www.investopedia.com/news/history-of-universal-basic-income/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income_pilots

Finland Experiment - Countries Need to Learn From Each Other

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/finland-universal-basic-income-trial-unemployment-usa-uk-a8782856.html

Alaska already does UBI?! (a small payout based on oil revenue)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sovereign-wealth-fund-for-america-alaska-norway_n_5b83ffb7e4b0cd327dfe878e

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/9/5/20849020/alaska-permanent-fund-universal-basic-income

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund

Milwaukee, Chicago, Newark, Stockon & other Pilot Programs

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/16/universal-basic-income-cure-inequality-115335

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/10/stockton-universal-basic-income-pilot-economic-empowerment/599152/

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/8/20902839/universal-basic-income-stockton-trial