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0 pointstaurath10y ago0 comments

Here is a graph that says thats wrong:

http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/apec324/excel_lab1/xy_plot1.png

As people get more resources, they tend to have FEWER children than those with little resources.

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We don't know what effect basic income would have on GDP, only that it would affect distribution of wealth.

Income equality might rise while GDP falls in a re-distributive system. High GDP does not imply high income equality. That graph is misleading in this context.

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