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What is the Point of Universal Basic Income? - David Perell
This fact is even more striking when we consider that the cost of eradicating poverty in any developed country is around 1 percent of GDP. An individual unemployment benefit set at the poverty line (around $1,200 a month) and granted to all jobless individuals regardless of their place in the family structure would not only pull everyone out of pov... See more
Daniel Zamora • The Case Against a Basic Income
En l’état, sans réorganisation de la cité, le coût social du progrès technologique risque d’être immense. Afin d’en faire une source de liberté et non d’aliénation, la collectivité dans son ensemble doit bénéficier des profits générés par les machines. Elles permettent des gains de productivité tels qu’elles rendront de nombreux emplois caducs. La
... See moreRaphael Glucksmann • Les Enfants du vide - De l'impasse individualiste au réveil citoyen (French Edition)
The most important factor in designing a workable guaranteed income scheme is getting the incentives right. The objective should be to provide a universal safety net as well as a supplement to low incomes—but without creating a disincentive to work and to be as productive as possible. The income provided should be relatively minimal: enough to get
... See moreMartin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
What if, instead of universal basic income, society instituted a retraining program for adults to re-educate themselves?