Sigh. Let me quote myself from upthread:
It works for small communities which mooch off larger societies
Not at all. It's clear that you didn't even look at the examples. A lot of those examples were largely self-contained. For instance, the one in Madhya Pradesh was done on a set of villages that provided their own food and necessities.
For instance, the one in Madhya Pradesh was done on a set of villages that provided their own food and necessities.
Did they provide their own food, no trade with the outside world? I think you're mistaken.
The experiment in Madhya Pradesh provided a small unconditional cash payment to everyone in a set of villages. The outcome was entirely unsurprising -- people in those villages became a bit richer and spent that money to improve their lives.
There was some positive effect on the productivity of people in these villages -- I quote the UNICEF report:
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How much money would it take to engineer biological immortality for at least half of the world's population, within 20 years, with 99% confidence?