From the “just give poor people money” file…
But the biggest takeaway from the study was not about how much money they spent on addictive substances. It was that people who received the $750 were more likely to get off the streets.
“The proportion of people who reported spending time unsheltered in the past month decreased from 30 percent at baseline to under 12 percent at the 6-month follow-up, which was a statistically significant change,” the study reads.
This study is part of a growing body of research on basic income, where people are given a set amount of money with zero or little conditions, with many of them showing positive results.
… also this point:
A UBI program could certainly cushion the blow of AI replacing workers. And even if all these AI job loss predictions don’t come to pass, government officials should still take a serious look at basic income as a way to get people off the street and become productive members of society.
Dave5 
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