Ireland paid artists a basic income and it was a boost for the economy. Here's what they earn.
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​The results were a win-win for the country and its creators. So now it's permanent.

For the past three years, Ireland has invested in 2,000 artists, paying them around $1,500 per month in basic income. Some may argue that it would be a waste of taxpayer money. However, after the three-year trial ended, the endeavor was a net positive for the Irish economy, so the government made the program permanent.

        • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          6 days ago

          i actually did a calculation on this at one point and posted it somewhere on hexbear, i dont recall the specific numbers. it is actually quite cheap to scale building many housing blocks, and the biggest benefit is you prevent landowners from raising prices. i’ll do a quick search to see if i can find it.

          edit: if you compare market prices, and this may be significantly different from 3ish years ago, you can build a single apartment for 20k usd

        • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          6 days ago

          if you compare market prices, and this may be significantly different from 3ish years ago, you can build a single apartment for 20k usd

          added the edit

          • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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            6 days ago

            Can I get a source here because 20k for an apartment is the kind of number that I don’t think would cover material cost in a socialist country

            • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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              6 days ago

              i dug through a bunch of sources and came to the number that it was 2500 rubles per 320 sqr feet according to some soviet docs in the 80s, i then compared their material costs to ours

              id link more but im on mobile and busy rn