> To put it more succinctly, they are measuring the impact of a stipend and not a basic income program. Most importantly, they're connected. As you noted, of c

> To put it more succinctly, they are measuring the impact of a stipend and not a basic income program. Most importantly, they're connected. As you noted, of course people are happy to get "free" money. But what happens when the markets eats up that extra and they are back to normal, or perhaps worse off? Happiness isn't going to stay high. In theory, I like the idea of UBI but I'm also confident the market (at least in the USA) - specifically housing - is going to quickly eat up anything extra.