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This chapter discusses the surprisingly complex political economy of the decision process that brings about Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments in response to a movement more interested in the immediate introduction of UBI than in experimentation with it. It shows that the process by which UBI experiments tend to come about makes them especially vulnerable to misunderstanding, sensationalism, and spin, which in turn make experiments a risky strategy for the UBI movement.
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However, they might not share the same vision of UBI. Therefore, similarity in motive doesn’t imply that they will test the same version of UBI that supporters are most interested in. A UBI test cannot be as diverse as the UBI movement is.
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Widerquist, K. (2018). The Political Economy of the Decision to Have a UBI Experiment. In: A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03849-6_9
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