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Poverty · United Statesby Peter Knight | Dec 10, 2025Karl Widerquist will be presenting on “The Falling Cost of Basic Income” at the Cash Transfer Lab’s online meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 2:30pm – 3:30pm Eastern Time (US)–that’s 1:30 Central, 19:30 UK and 20:30 CET. The study is by Jack Rossbach and Karl. IKarl will present our findings, among which are that poverty-line UBI now costs only 2.67% of GDP, down from 3.4% in 2015 and 9% in 1967.Register for the Z…See the Story