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Re:One way to fight a coronavirus recession: $1k for every A... by fao_ on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:53PM (#22596097)
> I can't imagine anything useful we'd be getting out of that experiment

I uhhhh. People's ability to work and live is important. That's what we get out of it. People not starving or living in poverty is, surprisingly enough, pretty important to the economy and the ability to sell luxury goods. Regarding 'useful data':

https://www.inverse.com/article/53466-basic-income-canada-s-...

And articles from the institute that performed the study:

https://www.basicincomecanada.org/nearly_half_of_basic_incom...

https://www.basicincomecanada.org/ontario_government_defends...

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