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I know a universal one. One is Alaska’s Permanent Fund. Look at their gini index among all 50 states since the fund launched. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
by EGreg 1y ago
I know a universal one.
One is Alaska’s Permanent Fund. Look at their gini index among all 50 states since the fund launched.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pop4.398 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pop4.398
And the conclusions are similar. Better health. Lower inequality
The other is Manitoba’s MINCOME experiment, they randomly selected people — it was doing very well but somehow the powers that be pulled the plug:
https://humanrights.ca/story/manitobas-mincome-experiment https://humanrights.ca/story/manitobas-mincome-experiment
- leereeves 1y agoAlaska's Permanent Fund dividend paid $1,702 last year (for the whole year, not monthly). How is that small amount changing people's lives?
- zdragnar 1y agoIt certainly qualifies for a rather interesting definition of "basic"
- EGreg 1y agoEvery person’s story is different. People are resourceful. If $150 a month can make people’s lives better, in a state that doen’t issue its own currency, imagine what phasing in a UBI for everyone in USA can do, gradually and increasing. And that’s the point. USA will have to print money anyway to service their sovereign debt. So may as well give it out as a UBI over 40 years first, then tax it and pay the treasury holders. Think about it!