Is there any experimental proof that a universal basic income works well in some places?

Yes! I’ve got three chapters in my book ‘Utopia for Realists’ about several experiments that have happened in the past. For example:

In the 1970s the Canadian town of Dauphin trialled a basic income, but due to lack of funding were unable to analyse the results. When researchers looked at the data 25 years later, they discovered the experiment had been a huge success: the hospitalization rate went down by 8.5%, kids performed much better in school, domestic violence was down, as were mental health complaints. And the only ones who worked a little less were new mothers and students […]

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