Get Hold Of A Critical Analysis Of Basic Income Experiments For Researchers, Policymakers, And Citizens: The Devils In The Caveats Depicted By Karl Widerquist Presented As Booklet

pretty wonky discussion. of basic income experiments and their roll

in the broader political discussion of the implementation of the UBI as policy.
Wildequist is certainly one of the leaders of basic income research and advocacy and after reading this short book it is clear that he does not believe that a UBI will happen by virtue of incontrovertible experimental facts.


Experiments are happening around the world nevertheless and so it makes sense nonetheless to understand the fact that any results will provide at best some modest insight into the question of whether or not a basic income is a policy that would work and should be adopted.


As I was finishing up this book it occurred to me that there might be a lot to be learned about how to put a UBI into effect by understanding the history of national pensions/social security.
How were these social policies conceived How did supporters manage to convince enough stakeholders to embrace it What if anything could UBI advocates learn from these historical antecedents At least six different Universal Basic Income UBI experiments are underway or planned right now in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Kenya.
Several more countries are considering conducting experiments, Yet, there seems to be more interest simply in having UBI experiments than in exactly what we want to learn from them.
Although experiments can produce a lot of relevant data about UBI, they are crucially limited in their ability to enlighten our understanding of the big questions that bear on the discussion of whether to implement UBI as a national or regional policy.
And, past experience shows that results of UBI experiments are particularly vulnerable misunderstanding, sensationalism, and spin, This book examines the difficulties of conducting a UBI experiment and reporting the results in ways that successfully improve public understanding of the probable effects of a national UBI.
The book makes recommendations how researchers, reporters, citizens, and policymakers can avoid these problems and get the most out of UBI experiments.

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