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Reminder that the "universal" in "universal basic income" means that every single person in a population gets payments. Since this one is given to 30 people maximum, it's a trial of just a "basic income". For an actual UBI trial, follow GiveDirectly's work which has been ongoing since 2016: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-study/

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Ubi is just marketing jargon at this point for targeted cash welfare payments

Even that link isn't a universal basic income test. It's just welfare payments, which have been around for a century at this point.

Realistically, this study will serve to add another entry to the growing volume of UBI literature that basically says "Peoples lives are improved by free money." It will be used to argue "Research suggests that welfare programs should be expanded"

Though the basic income aspect should refect a smaller bureaucracy;

In the recent US debt ceiling deal adding means testing and work requirements basically reduces welfare outflows single digit % while increasing the bureaucracy outflows > 100% (gov workers, gov pensions, consultants)

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