Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
by radu_floricica on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:10PM
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It's a negative result. What isn't there matters - in particular, no info on there being some form of monetary ROI.
I don't have other sources at hand - just memories from when the study was published and there was quite a lot of discussion.
Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
by marcosdumay on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:32PM
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Hum... I've searched the study, and it looks like results are still scheduled to be published this year. Granted that it was a quick search, but I get no source for the claim that the result was negative.
Besides, UBI being cheaper to administer than current social security, failure in finding any difference is a reason to adopt it, not to keep the status quo.
Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
by radu_floricica on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:51PM
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UBI is definitely not cheaper that current social security. "To administer" maybe, but the total cost is probably orders of magnitude more, and doesn't even solve the problem: certain demographics will still need extra.
Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
by marcosdumay on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:30PM
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> UBI is definitely not cheaper that current social security.
If you count taxing a person to give the money back to the same person as a cost, it's certainly not.
> The researchers also noted a mild positive effect on employment
> Freelancers and artists and entrepreneurs had more positive views on the effects of the basic income, which some felt had created opportunities for them to start businesses.
And, of course, the often neglected (and that appears as a negative on the numbers):
> Some found the guaranteed income increased the possibility for them to do things like providing informal care for their family or their neighbours
But actually nothing of substance on either direction.
Do you have a better article?