UBIs work. They are effective. Their positive outcomes are deep and long-lasting. They allow parents to put raising their children first, students to prioritise their education, and disabled people to live with basic dignity without fear. These are the only groups of people who actually work less
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A basic income program in central Iowa gave 110 people $500/mo. It caused improvements in savings, stress, and agency. It also found significant changes in scores relating to hope β the ability to create goals and feel capable of working toward them, and also increases in mattering and self-reliance
Researchers presented their findings from the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot in Des Moines. Their study looked at how participants used monthly $500 payments, and how it affected their well-being and...
