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Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income by denzil_correa on Monday May 07, 2018 @03:50PM (#17015904)
> As someone who is friends who two different social workers and related to someone in family court diversions (think: parents getting their kids taken away and want them back) I can tell you that UBI isn't going to solve much of anything. These people have money to buy alcohol and cigarettes, and yet their kids go hungry and rely on school lunch programs, etc.

An UBI pilot in Madhya Pradesh, India shows exactly the opposite [0]. Villages focused more on healthcare, education involvement improved, frivolous spending decreased, women empowerment was better and personal savings increased.

[0] http://unicef.in/Uploads/Publications/Resources/pub_doc83.pd...

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Re:12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income by whb07 on Monday May 07, 2018 @08:24PM (#17017711)
Not exactly mind blowing stats. Compared to the control group not that much improvement. Furthermore, their living is so low that it is astonishing that the increased stats are so low. Seems like they would benefit more from improved access to a market.
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