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At scale governments who try a UBI often see a drop in GDP, but also a decrease in health issues and other social costs.

Here’s and interesting yet biased overview of different programs around the world:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/univer...

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I would be very interested in seeing some sources about "at scale" UBI corresponding to a drop in GDP. My impression is that no countries have come anywhere close to having a UBI program that could be considered "at scale", so how did they evaluate a corresponding drop in GDP was because of a UBI program?

Is the drop in GDP discussed on that article? I couldn't find it.

What I did found is that we have a profound lack of results verification. It would be really nice if more people studied those test-runs.

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