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Re:Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled i... by Baader-Meinhof on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:56AM (#36186082)
Any sources on this? "None at all" feels like a very bold claim when we've seen recently that a large increase to monetary supply does increase inflation.
Re:Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled i... by noughtme on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:00AM (#36186111)
Didn’t all the problems occur when COVID income supplements were canceled, and the private sector response to reduced demand was to raise prices to maintain profits?
Re:Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled i... by Kinrany on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:02AM (#36186131)
UBI is orthogonal to increasing money supply, it's a single item in the budget among all others.
Re:Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled i... by coldtea on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:04AM (#36186155)
Single budget item vs many items is an irrelevant distinction, if the size of the single item, or the distribution (everybody), and intended use (to people for buying stuff) disproportionally affects the average-person's money supply and thus the market.
Re:Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled i... by camillomiller on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:01AM (#36186123)
It wasn’t monetary supply to individuals, it was an unusually lower price of debt. This is not what we’re talking about here. Moreover, it’s lower cost of debt/money paired with a black swan one of a kind pandemic shock event.