added by Johanna · updated 2y ago
Andrew Yang's ideas are better than you think
- In a way, basic income as an automation solution is both too much and not enough. It’s too much of a solution for the problem of long-run mass technological unemployment, primarily because that’s a fake problem that hasn’t happened yet and likely never will. But it’s not enough of a solution for the temporary dislocation that automation will, in fa... See more
from A basic income really could end poverty forever by Vox
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- Regarding the robots, UBI is less compelling when framed as a shield against job loss than as a tool to design a more democratic distribution of the gains from automated productivity.
from What is the Point of Universal Basic Income? - David Perell by Oshan Jarow
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- On the face of it, this makes the numbers come close to acceptable. It also means that UBI schemes essentially take money out of the pot currently reserved for the needy and disabled, and distribute it to able-bodied people plus the needy and disabled. Such a scheme has the potential to have good effects: by eradicating welfare traps that keep peop... See more
from After Universal Basic Income, the Flood by Simon Sarris
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