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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by h0w412d on Thursday July 11, 2013 @12:58PM (#6027322)
There was an experiment with this called Mincome in Canada. They found that the only two groups of people who worked less were new moms and teenagers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincome
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by dllthomas on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:02PM (#6027348)
Note that "Guaranteed Minimum Income" is something else. From my reading Mincome is in fact a Basic Income system, despite the name, though I'm by no means an expert on the experiment.
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