We're officially launching UBI
How can you meaningfully experiment with UBI if the “BI” is not even <i>universal</i>? My understanding is that many of the criticisms of UBI are based on externalities that would only become manifest in a meaningfully large population. For example, price increases and inflation might arise from everyone having extra money.<p>If you’re only testing UBI on a small population, then 1) it’s not even universal, and 2) there will not be enough “beta testers” to (in)validate these criticisms.<p>So while this may be a “success” (how do you even measure that?) it’s not a meaningful experiment at all.