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The Basic Income Experiment by Y Combinator Draws Nearer

posted by martyb on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the What-would-YOU-do-with-a-basic-income? dept.

Gordon Shure writes:

The highly-anticipated experiment with basic income from Silicon Valley finance firm Y Combinator appears to be making good progress. The company has chosen Elizabeth Rhodes as the project's Research Director, opting for the little-known PHD graduate over applications from tenured professors working at Oxford and Harvard universities. Oakland, California is where the basic income research will happen: the community has been chosen for its close proximity to Y Combinator's head office, and the much-reported wealth divide in the locality.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @11:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @11:35AM (#354462)

    there will be a tiny handful of success stories, less than a dozen out of hundreds of participants. The study will claim that small minority are representative of the whole and that the experiment was a success and should become government policy.

    So, pretty much the same as neo-liberalism then?