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A basic income really could end poverty forever
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The means of funding UBI determine so much of its long-term impact. Each funding method carries a different set of properties, a unique host of alchemical interactions with socioeconomic incentives. Some promise to ’twist’ capitalist logic and pave a road to communism. Others may pit the minority class whose tax increases exceed their UBI against n... See more
Oshan Jarow • What is the Point of Universal Basic Income? - David Perell
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A basic income program might help revitalize many of the small towns and rural areas that are losing population because jobs have evaporated.
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
One of my criticisms concerns the idea that universal basic income would be simpler. It’s true that simplicity exerts a welcome fascination on tech entrepreneurs. After all, entrepreneurship is the art of making things simple. But we shouldn’t forget that the safety net is complex for a reason, namely because it must provide economic security at th
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