How much should the universal basic income be?

Thanks for the A2A.

For starters the UBI level shouldn’t be too high. If it were high enough that whatever a person could earn by working would be insignificant, that would be a big disincentive to work. Who would stock shelves at Walmart for $7.25 an hour if they already received $100K per month in UBI? But if they’re receiving just enough to pay for cheap housing, clothing, food, and medical expenses and would like new phone, they might.

On the other side, no amount is really too low, except that the cost of implementing a UBI would be pretty much […]

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