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> If your research has led you to hard data and proper science yielding causal conclusions, many of us on HN are very interested in seeing it, so be sure to inc
by liamcardenas 10y ago
> If your research has led you to hard data and proper science yielding causal conclusions, many of us on HN are very interested in seeing it, so be sure to include it in your paper. If not, then the discussion will remain hypothetical.
I certainly am not going to establish a causal relationship between UBI and a given economic outcome! :) This article will be more hypothetical since neither side has a particularly good empirical case (due to lack of studies).
Your appreciation for UBI must come from some sort of theoretical argument, does it not? If so, would you be willing to change your mind if your underlying assumptions were challenged?
P.S. My goal is not to convert you or anyone else to be against UBI.
- 11thEarlOfMar 10y agoI don't have an argument, really. I believe that people collecting a ubi payment would, more often than not, choose to work and not laze their life away. The archetype for me is a family of four where the parents' only option for employment is minimum wage jobs. Add a ubi to that and they can then provide a much better environment for raising their kids. I believe this would reduce the number of broken homes and improve the outcome for the kids, reducing drug abuse and crime, and enabling a higher level of education. It's a theory based on personal belief. I have no conclusive evidence, only hope at this point. These studies should provide some answers.