It's been a while since the necessity of "universal basic income started to be discussed ". Now, 8 countries have been doing basic income experiments. However, did you know in the U.S, a basic income was almost going to be implemented in the 1970s? This is a really bizarre episode of American history.
https://ochimusyadrive.com/a-universal-basic-income-in-the-u-s/
If you really want to get deep into the 70s experiments, I recommend reading this analysis:
http://www.widerquist.com/karl/Articles--scholarly/Failure2communicate.pdf
Thank you so much! I'll reading it to look into it!!