Actually, the part about mothers working less to spend more time with their children was actually noticed [1] And that was just an experiment, where participant

Actually, the part about mothers working less to spend more time with their children was actually noticed [1] And that was just an experiment, where participants knew it won't last forever. In real life effect might be stronger. What really is shallow is the understanding of how economy works by proponents of basic income. As I wrote earlier: to make it possible you need either robots or slaves, because most consumer goods don't grow on trees and even the ones that do grow on trees still need some manual labor to be done before they can be bought with your basic income money. Disincentivising work will make them less available and therefore more expensive. The last large scale implementation of unconditional basic income was in ancient Rome, and see how that ended for them :) [1]http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ssrgai.htm#Disposable http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ssrgai.htm#Disposable