How do we know that UBI actually works?

UBI isn’t a new, drastic idea. It’s been around for awhile, and it’s been supported by great thinkers such as MLK. The following are classified as or resemble UBI programs.

• Alaska has the country’s second lowest income inequality. Following implementation of the Republican-proposed petroleum dividend (amounting to 1000-2000 dollars yearly), poverty was reduced by one-quarter.
• The “Mincome” Experiment in Manitoba, Canada noted a 8.5 percent drop in hospital visits. Domestic violence & mental-illness appointments and treatments decreased.
  BIG Pilot Project in Namibia saw heavy reductions in crime and school dropouts rates all while improving health.
• GiveDirectly in Kenya gave aid directly to the people and found more girls in school, better nutrition, and an increase in entrepreneurship.