> if it isn't enough to live on (at a very basic level), the experiment would fail In terms of what I'm hoping for I agree, but it does depend on who you're pi

> if it isn't enough to live on (at a very basic level), the experiment would fail In terms of what I'm hoping for I agree, but it does depend on who you're pitching to and what their goals are. Assuming that BI is restricted to citizens, one non-obvious consequence of even a partial BI is that it serves as a protectionist barrier against non-citizen immigrant labour - a citizen claiming $4000 BI can afford to work for $4000 less than a non-citizen while maintaining the same standard of living.