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The radical combination of degrowth and basic income (www.opendemocracy.net)
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[–] cerement 3 points 5 months ago

one of the big results out of the various UBI trials so far is that even with so-called “freeloaders”, overall productivity goes up – and we can see similar results in housing (providing housing for the unhoused saves money for the whole society) and health care (taking care of everyone costs less than gatekeeping whether you “qualify”)