The study involved 3,000 participants recruited from Illinois and Texas representing various geographies such as rural, urban, and suburban areas. Recruitment methods included mailers to randomly selected addresses, targeted Facebook ads, and advertisements on a benefits management app. The participants were not directly offered $1,000 a month, but rather $50 or more, with 1,000 participants eventually receiving the highest payment of $1,000 per month for the study's duration.
This week, the memes didn’t just fall out of coconut trees — a rundown of the social media reaction to Kamala Harris’s election campaign, and an exploration of what her tech platform might look like. Then we discuss a major new study on universal basic income with Elizabeth Rhodes, research director at OpenResearch, and ask whether it could be a solution to job losses to A.I. And finally, Kate Conger, a New York Times reporter, joins us to break down how the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike crashed the global IT infrastructure.
Guests:
- Elizabeth Rhodes, Research Director at OpenResearch
- Kate Conger, New York Times reporter
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