UBI: Feeling good about economic enslavement

December 5, 2023 - NO Soundbites Allowed - Early data on the biggest #UniversalBasicIncome (UBI) experiment in the planet is starting to come out. The result doesn't quite fit the feelings at #Vox, so they created their own ad pitch news story. But what can we glean from the actual facts?

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/mathematics-reading-skills-unprecedented-decline-teenagers-oecd-survey-2023-12-05/
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/12/1/23981194/givedirectly-basic-income-experiment-abhijit-banerjee-tavneet-suri
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/kenya/monthly-earnings
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/SEX255222
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40557588
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveDirectly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Innovation_Fund
https://www.globalinnovation.fund/team/ceo
https://www.globalinnovation.fund/board