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lazy and poor
- To: robert
- Subject: lazy and poor
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:55:46 -0700
Did you watch the whole video?
The studies reviewed later in the video did include groups of hundreds of
people, definitely better than anecdotal stories about so-called lazy
people that the presenter knows.
The quality of the studies presented were pretty good -- the first one had
random selection, which is the best you can do. I think this was even
mentioned in Freaknomics,
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-the-world-ready-for-a-guaranteed-basic-income-update/
.
The thing not mentioned in this video or in the Freakonomics podcast is
the issue of inflation. I.e., giving everybody money may end up pushing
prices up. I would've like that addressed.
This video also didn't mention Richard Nixon's attempt at UBI, but the
Freakonomics episode did.