Douglas Todd: Basic income — The facts, alas, get in the way of a popular theory

Douglas Todd: Basic income — The facts, alas, get in the way of a popular theory

David Green, a UBC economist, lead the panel that conducted the extensive report Article content

I’m one who has been keen about a basic income as a way governments, on behalf of taxpayers, could offer economic justice to everyone.

A guaranteed income has special relevance in light of frequent projections about how robotics, artificial intelligence and high-technology would soon erase many of the world’s more repetitive jobs — leaving up to half the adult population without a chance at paid employment.The concept of a basic income has extra appeal because many on the left and on the right hold it […]

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