Jack Rossbach & find that a poverty-line UBI costs only 2.67% of GDP. The cost/GDP has been falling for over 50 years.
2026, “The Falling Cost of Basic Income: Updated and Expanded Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations.” Basic Income Studies, pages 1-37. DOI:
doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
The Falling Cost of Basic Income in the United States, 1967–2024: Estimates for a Plan Large Enough to Eliminate Poverty
This article estimates the cost of Universal Basic Income (UBI) sufficient to eliminate poverty in the United States. It uses the most recent microdata available from the Census Bureau through its Cur...
