More or less. While there's some controversy on the morals of getting money for nothing, when you get past that the economic viability is usually the focus of d

More or less. While there's some controversy on the morals of getting money for nothing, when you get past that the economic viability is usually the focus of debate, and in this discussion it is certainly relevant. Basic income proponents tend to focus on on sums big enough to live on though, but on this particular topic the size isn't really an issue, and smaller amounts could be interesting to try. Things like http://www.qe4people.eu http://www.qe4people.eu tend to come up as a type of basic income. More permanent things like the Icelandic souverign money proposal ( https://www.forsaetisraduneyti.is/media/Skyrslur/monetary-reform.pdf https://www.forsaetisraduneyti.is/media/Skyrslur/monetary-re... ) has similar elements.