Here are a couple of articles about places where UBI is actually being done, or was tried, or where experiments are about to be tried.
Some myths that seem to be dispelled: Cash will disincentivized people from working; People will get lazy, not be motivated to educate themselves; People will spend it on alcohol and drugs; the country will go broke.
In fact, regarding that last point, what they found in Manitoba that under UBI, the % of kids graduating was higher, and healthcare costs declined. When people don't have the stress of just putting food on the table, they don't get stress-related disease or stress-related coping behaviors. That is a good 5ong of it is the instated goal.
http://basicincome.org/news/2017/05/...-2017-updates/
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a...riment-dauphin
http://www.businessinsider.com/kenya...income-2017-12