A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250412140637/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html
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If I had UBI that covered my food and shelter, I’d … keep working because I love it. I’d probably work about half as much at my main (software engineer) job and split the new free time between taking some uni courses and a little more relaxation. My second job is as a farmer and, aside from the paperwork and accounting I don’t fully understand yet in Japanese, I enjoy the work the majority of the time.
I would potentially try to create something that may or may not be financially successful. Maybe it won’t work for me, but if a bunch of people now feel able to do that some of them will be successful.