The City of Los Angeles gave $1,000 per month to 3,200 low-income families over the last year as part of a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program called BIG: LEAP. Here’s the deal: $1,000 a month, free, no strings attached. That’s what the City of Los Angeles has provided to 3,200 low-income families over the last year as part of a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program called BIG: LEAP . The idea is to see how people’s lives might be changed by the extra income.
Qualified recipients were chosen in a lottery, and journalist Sasha Abramsky has followed four […]
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