Would a universal basic income work? Let’s try it.
“A universal basic income of £1,600 a month is to be trialled in England for the first time in a pilot programme.This is the opening of an article about a trail of UBI in Britain. I hope that the trial is successful. The numbers look small and one needs to beware of the Hawthorne effect.Thirty people will be paid a lump sum without conditions each month for two years and will be observed to understand the effects on their lives.
Two places in England have been selected for the micro pilot scheme: central Jarrow, in north-east England, and East Finchley, in north London.”