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If you’re going to make argument then you’re surely going to disregard every experiment which also fails that criteria, which is all of them, right?

• rahimnathwani 2y ago
  I haven't read through all of them. Are there any that satisfy the conditions I consider essential, which I explained in my other comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40403308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40403308
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    No. Your criteria also omits the U
    • rahimnathwani 2y ago
      Your criteria also omits the U Good point. Personally I think an experiment that omits the U would still be a reasonable test to see whether people would continue to work.
      • jncfhnb 2y ago
        It seems impossible that they would not continue to work. Some of them would not either because they want to do nothing or because they want to invest in their skills; and so there would be a labor shortage and wages would rise and prices would rise and it would all equilibrium out to the point where people need to work to survive again (or UBI is raised to meet the B) and the whole economy gets a little less competitive with outsourced labor that doesn’t play this game. That’s not a complete loss, mind you. A situation where poor people need to work to survive but a large percent of their income is guaranteed has merits.