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>Although Standing says that the buzz generated by the Spanish proposal is a boon for UBI advocates, he is “disappointed” by the details. Because not everyone i
by class4behavior 6y ago
>Although Standing says that the buzz generated by the Spanish proposal is a boon for UBI advocates, he is “disappointed” by the details. Because not everyone in Spain will receive the payment, it is arguably not truly universal. He adds that if the trial doesn’t work, people might see it as a failure of the whole UBI concept.
- vageli 6y agoMy cynical take is that this is precisely the point: parade this about as a test of UBI, when it fails, discount the notion of UBI in full.
- mardifoufs 6y agoThe opposite is also true though. A lot of "UBI" studies show positive results and are touted as proof of it's potential success. Yet they almost always only test for a short period of time with a very small group of people. So as it stands there's no reason not to discount UBI. It's not only a fringe theory discounted by the vast majority experts and academia[0], but it also never has had any supporting evidence. It's okay to discount a fringe theory especially when it's never been tried but the only way to actually try it is to fully implement it nationwide and just not care about the potential disastrous effects it could have. [0] People love to dismiss economics as a field and disregard it's consensus, and that's their choice, but it's weird to then believe the few economists who promote UBI are right without any proof.