Boles – Tory MP condemns universal basic income ‘on moral grounds’

Stumping up for workers made redundant by robots is ‘dangerous nonsense’, says former minister Nick Boles in new book

28 December 2017

Influential Tory former minister Nick Boles has condemned the idea of a universal basic income to cushion workers against the rise of robots as “dangerous nonsense”. MP Nick Boles: ‘Mankind is hard-wired to work.’ Nick Boles: ‘Mankind is hard-wired to work.’ Photograph: Rex Features Universal basic income, or UBI, has won backers ranging from Silicon Valley to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party, as a way of guaranteeing workers a minimum income and ensuring […]

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