Category: Basic Income

Richard Branson has backed the idea of giving everyone in the world a universal basic income .

The flamboyant Virgin boss has become the latest billionaire to express support for the idea, following Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg , Slack chief executive Stewart Butterfield , Tesla boss Elon Musk and others.

“In the modern world, everybody should have the opportunity to work and to thrive. Most countries can afford to make sure that everybody has their basic needs covered,” Mr Branson wrote in a recent blog post. He said that UBI is an idea that should be further explored to make this […]

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Auckland university students share their perspectives on announced policies which directly target them. Free tertiary education, a universal basic income and wiping of loan debt are just a few of the sweeteners being offered for the youth vote this year.

A key target area is the Auckland city electorate which contains the largest population of students under 25 in the country at 42,122.

It also had the highest proportion of 18-29 year olds out of all general electorates in New Zealand. Auckland University political science student Reuben McLaren agreed with student focused policies. READ MORE: * National campaign launched to get […]

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The German robot maker has big ambitions after its takeover by China’s Midea as CEO Till Reuter ponders the disruptive impact of his product. Kuka is marshaling its forces to become robot market leader in China. Picture source: Reuters The head of the Germany’s Kuka is a fan of science fiction films but his ambitions for the world’s fourth-largest robot maker are anything but a fantasy.

After Kuka’s takeover last year by the Chinese appliance maker Midea, Till Reuter, who has headed the German firm since 2009, thinks Kuka can become the No. 1 robot maker in China, boosting its […]

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Today San Francisco Will Consider a Tax on Robots

When robots steal our jobs, should they be made to pay taxes? That’s something residents of San Francisco are being asked to think about by Jane Kim, who represents the city’s District 6 on its board of supervisors. She wants to find cash to help folks out with retraining or a universal basic income when robots take over their toils, and the suggestion for generating that money is a tax on robots.

San Francisco certainly isn’t stuffed full of robots right now. But it’s easy enough to imagine a none-too-distant future […]

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Instead of "work done = money received", the system will promote the model "beating heart = money deserved", which already doesn’t work in Europe, where a Gypsy tribe can live off of long-term welfare, because when you pile together 20 people’s worth of our de facto basic universal basic income, it becomes possible to live off of it.

Studies show that the 2nd generation of children in those families have lived without having seen a single generation in their family put in any work, which roughly coincides with the end of mandatory employment under Socialism, where not working […]

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Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZN) is one of the active stocks and its unusual movement is raising eyebrows among traders. Now trading with a market value of 200.37M, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. Everyone seems to have their own opinion of this stock. But what do the numbers really say? We think it’s a great time to take a fresh look.

Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZN) Fundamentals That Matter

It’s generally a good idea to start with the most fundamental piece of the picture: the […]

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start=”71″> I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) seems to be forming a pattern of major movements, providing only some crumbs of outlook for market participants trying to figure out its next move. Now trading with a market value of 71.54B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. Everyone seems to have their own opinion of this stock. But what do the numbers really say? We think it’s a great time to take a fresh look. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) Fundamentals That Matter […]

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I understand that with the automation on the rise people are searching for ways to continue making a living once machines inevitably takeover the work market. However, a universal basic income is an absolutely horrible solution to this issue. Let’s discuss exactly why.

Let’s start with numbers, specifically money. The idea is that the government would be paying us all the same amount each year. The poverty line is somewhere around $20,000 a year, so let’s assume the government is paying everyone $23,000 or something to that effect. All of that money needs to come from somewhere.

Let’s focus on just […]

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Robots work on Tesla cars in Fremont, California. Depending on whom you ask, robots and artificial intelligence are either coming to take your job , or you’re perfectly safe , at least for the near future. Truth is, automation always has and always will put people out of work. It’s just that this time around, even highly skilled jobs may be imperiled. And that has some folks dreading a time in which robots and AI upend the human workforce.

Included among those folks is San Francisco supervisor Jane Kim, who Wednesday launched a campaign called the Jobs of the Future […]

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