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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial by rhino369 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:06PM (#24214742)
If it is true that you cannot experimentally determine the impact, that's a pretty good reason to never try UBI.
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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial by nemothekid on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:09PM (#24214773)
>If it is true that you cannot experimentally determine the impact, that's a pretty good reason to never try UBI.

Ok, so we should never try anything related to macroeconomics? Let's also never change the tax rate ever again.

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Re:Germany begins 3-year universal-basic-income trial by throwaway57002 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:19PM (#24214916)
By that argument, and given the rigorousness of economics as a field, pretty much no policy should ever be implemented.
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