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Universal basic income is when the government gives people regular cash payments with few to no requirements, CNBC explains

The Atlantic: UBI has advocates on the left and the right, but so far it’s mostly just an untested abstract idea

But many states across the country are implementing UBI test programs. Check out Marca’s 2022 list here

In any event, The WSJ is dubious about the whole thing: Basic income guarantees will kill incentives to work

Business Insider drills down and looks at how UBI impacted one family in Mississippi

The Child Tax Credit is as close as we’ve come to UBI -- and we should make it permanent, says Prospect.org

Chicago economists disagree: Making the child tax credit permanent could cause 1.5 million people to quit their jobs. That means it won’t make a meaningful dent in child poverty

But a Columbia University study says 3.7 million more children dropped into poverty in January, after the child tax credit expired