Very interesting. If only there were more recent scientific studies that weren't the fever dreams of a psychotic pseudoscientific anti-evolution tankie from the soviet era.

Oh, would you look at this. There is science after the soviet union, after all. It's almost like time has passed and we have more complex and nuance understanding of the world since the fucking 50's.

Overall, evidence consistently demonstrates that unconditional cash in low- and middle-income countries leads to a measurable decrease in poverty.

There is good evidence to demonstrate that an injection of cash increases household expenditures. Results are positive for food expenditure in all country contexts. and the purchase and ownership of assets such as livestock in low-and middle-income countries.

The evidence from diverse interventions in low-, middle-, and high-income contexts indicates minimal impact on aggregate measures of labor market participation, with some studies reporting an increase in work participation. When reductions do occur, time is channeled into other valued activities such as caregiving.

When people can eat, they can work. Wow!

Clear and significant impacts are well-documented for educational outcomes that would be expected in the short term, such as school enrollment and attendance.

There is consistent evidence across contexts for improvements to health status and to the myriad behavioral and social factors that are linked to leading causes of premature ill-health, disability, and death.

It's almost like people who don't have to scramble for survival can actually become better persons and be an overall positive force in society. Weird what this science stuff has to say when we drop the ideological blinds.

Anyways, Lysenko makes for a pretty straw man. But it has no bearing on this discussion.