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In short - market. One landlord raises too much, tenants smash some buses and move to another apartment complex. Yes, there will be some inflation in rent market and other consumer goods, but unlikely so drastic.

UBI funds have to come from somewhere. Depending on the source of the money, UBI will either create low inflation or large inflation.

As a matter of fact, I suspect that recent min wage increase by feds is an attempt to induce inflation. All this money are going to be spent - basically creating larger money supply in consumer sector, and, maybe finally inducing some inflation feds are trying to start since 2008. Look at priced tags of recent tech acquisitions - some sectors of economy already value money much less than consumer sector.



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