A homeless person in Washington. Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Several hundred Denverites experiencing homelessness have received regular sums of cash, no strings attached , as part of an experiment by the Denver Basic Income Project. Six months into its yearlong experiment, an interim report has shown some encouraging results . Recipients are spending the money on vital needs and sleeping on the street less, and they appear to be securing full-time work at higher rates when given more money.
UBI experiments are meant to challenge and test the premise that people — especially poor people — can’t […]
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