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This has absolutely nothing to do with UBI. It's like the world has a mass delusion.

This doesn't help homelessness in the conventional sense -

"Participants were identified as not struggling with significant mental health or substance abuse issues."

Giving lumps of money of course helps the people you give it to. That would be a stupid experiment.

What is of interest and has generally been shown to work is giving unconditional money is more efficient than conditional money or programs.

The waste on bureaucracy is more than the good from helping people spend it. No evidence either way in this video.




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