Mark Zuckerberg is the latest business leader to suggest a universal basic income. The surge in automation is driving a decline in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Jobs in sectors like ridesharing are only temporary for workers, as companies like Uber have big plans to develop fleets of self-driving cars. And white-collar jobs are hardly immune; artificial intelligence has started to replace some white-collar workers in Japan . Despite the good macroeconomic statistics, finding and keeping a job is what keeps millions of Americans awake night after night.
Can a universal basic income help solve future problems as jobs become scarcer? […]
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