These are all very common tricks that are often used by even the highest-profile publications. It might not have much to do with anti-UBI sentiment rather than

These are all very common tricks that are often used by even the highest-profile publications. It might not have much to do with anti-UBI sentiment rather than just for-profit/click motivations, but I cannot personally know either way. Although I do disagree with the author when they suggest that we can easily generalize results across countries, stating: >As the behavioral economist Dan Ariely replied when asked if what is being learned in GiveDirectly’s 12-year UBI experiment in Kenya could be applied to the US, “If you think about the fundamental aspect that you’re testing, people are people.” We know there will be fundamental similarities, but countries are vastly different and have vastly different problems, and direct political comparisons are thus rarely fair. For UBI to actually be implemented within a country like the US, you need a lot more than just a small trial in Kenya. Even performing trials in 'more similar' countries like the UK and Canada leaves a lot to be desired.