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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: What Would Happen if You Offered People Living in Extreme Poverty a Guaranteed Basic Income?
Description: Paul Niehaus is undertaking a radical experiment. His organization, Give Directly, wants to find out would happen if people living in extreme poverty were offered the guarantee of a basic income for ten to 15 years. They plan on launching an experiment in East Africa in which 6,000 people would be given, with no strings attached, enough money to pay for their basic needs over a long period of time. The idea they seek to test is called the Universal Basic Income. There are some communities around the world that offer this in some form, but never before has this i...