On Bryan Caplan’s substack, Chris Freiman , a philosophy professor at William & Mary, recently stated his case for a universal basic income (UBI). Not surprisingly, given that he makes arguments, most of which I had already responded to in my article “ A Philosophical Economist’s Case against a Government-Guaranteed Basic Income ,” Independent Review , v. 19, n. 4, Spring 2105, I was not persuaded.
I’ll hit a few highlights.
Freiman starts by making the correct economic argument that it’s better for someone to get cash than to get a particular good or service that costs the same amount, because […]
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