Universal basic income sounds utopian, and in some iterations it is: A livable income paid to every person, perhaps as a way to distribute the profits from automated labour to all of society, that could wean us off of capitalism and put us on the path to a Star Trek -style future where waged work is a bad memory.
But some on the political left, a group to whom basic income should inherently appeal according to news story after news story, have soured on the idea. After reporting on an ongoing Canadian basic income trial in Hamilton, Ontario in February […]
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