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The best argument for altruism (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure studies have shown that just giving people money is very effective at ending poverty.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/07/541609649/how-to-fix-poverty-why-not-just-give-people-money

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973653719/california-program-giving-500-no-strings-attached-stipends-pays-off-study-finds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My common sense and Milton Friedman liturgies also say that basic income/negative tax would work, but then there are results like this:

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-basic-income-study-results-2024-7

I wonder if all or most studies show that basic income works or just that some selected ones did? But I don't mind being wrong about this, I like basic income as an idea. I just had the understanding that it doesn't work in practice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That study looks like it had positive outcomes

Archive link https://archive.is/xfCMm

Recipients had greater agency to make decisions that worked best for their lives and to prepare for the future, from moving neighborhoods to expressing interest in new business ventures," the report's authors said.