I wrote on this a while back (http://neltnerb.tumblr.com/post/58818804903/an-entrepreneurs-argument-for-a-living-stipend http://neltnerb.tumblr.com/post/5881880

I wrote on this a while back (http://neltnerb.tumblr.com/post/58818804903/an-entrepreneurs-argument-for-a-living-stipend http://neltnerb.tumblr.com/post/58818804903/an-entrepreneurs...), and it is useful to note that mathematically a guaranteed income is completely identical to a negative income tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_income_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_income_tax That article contains a lot more information than most articles about stipends. Note that the US Earned Income Credit is a negative income tax, yet it doesn't seem to even make a blip on anyone's radar as communism.