Look to the 49th state for basic-income guidance

Look to the 49th state for basic-income guidance

An auto dealership in Anchorage, Alaska, advertises PFD, or Permanent Fund Dividend, sales. What do Finland, the province of Ontario, the Italian city of Livorno, the African nations of Kenya, Namibia, and Uganda, the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and the 49th state of the Union—Alaska—have in common? They all have in place or are about to introduce some form of guaranteed basic income for some or all of their citizens.

Earlier this month, Ontario announced the findings of 14 public consultations on how the Canadian province should develop a program to provide a basic income to every citizen. Finland […]

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A Universal Basic Income Is The Bipartisan Solution To Poverty We’ve Been Waiting For What if the government simply paid everyone enough so that no one was poor? It’s an insane idea that’s gaining an unlikely alliance […]

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Mark Cuban: Basic income ‘the worst possible response’ to job losses from robots

Mark Cuban: Basic income 'the worst possible response' to job losses from robots

Universal basic income (UBI) is “the worst possible response” to the unemployment likely to be caused by robots and artificial intelligence, business mogul Mark Cuban has said, putting himself in stark contrast to the growing chorus of major technology CEOs who back such a policy.

On Monday, the Dallas Mavericks owner tweeted his concern about job losses as a result of technology and said “we need to prepare for it.”

Scott Santens, a basic income advocate and writer, replied to Cuban’s initial tweet asking him whether he agrees with the idea of UBI. The billionaire said it was one […]

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Is universal basic income a good solution for the future?

Is universal basic income a good solution for the future?

One of the most common topic suggestions from readers is the concept of universal basic income (UBI).

UBI is the idea of government unconditionally providing every citizen with enough money to live a basic, above-the-poverty-line life. 1 Anyone can choose to work and make more money, in the same way they do now, but under a UBI system, work becomes a choice. Those who want to spend their days doing something that generates no income are able to.

In today’s world, UBI-type systems are embraced in some Scandinavia-y countries, while in others (like the US), only the most fiscally liberal people […]

J&K may become first state to implement Universal Basic Income

J&K may become first state to implement Universal Basic Income

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Jammu and Kashmir may become India’s first state to implement the universal basic income (UBI) plan that chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian outlined in this year’s Economic Survey. Confirming this, J&K finance minister Haseeb Drabu said, “We had spoken about it in our budget and I have made a presentation on UBI for the state’s poor people to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley.” In an interview to CNCB-TV18, Jaitley said that even before Subramanian had floated the idea in the Economic Survey, “it got marginally reflected in the budget speech of one […]

Can Universal Basic Income / Social Democracy Fix America’s Inequality? | Jeffrey Sachs

Can Universal Basic Income / Social Democracy Fix America’s Inequality? | Jeffrey Sachs

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Report Subtitle Errors There’s a proposal around that’s got a lot of interest called universal basic income
where everybody is guaranteed at least a certain level of income in the society.
Some free market economists like Milton Friedman talked about a negative income tax which in effect had the same features of guaranteeing a certain level of income for everybody as a base. I think from a human rights and decency standard there’s a lot of sense to the idea that everybody in a society should be able to meet […]

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Try Delicious Raisin Bran Cereal for a Healthy Heart Today! AdChoices Ad closed by Report this ad AdChoices Not interested in this ad Ad was inappropriate Seen this ad multiple times Ad covered content We’ll try not to show that ad againAd closed by Facebook Embed Video Anonymous Proxy detected, click here. Michael Smith 08/12/2016Soon most jobs will be able to be done by machines. Universal basic income is the only solution for the future we are on the brink of, or the poverty line will likely encompass the mass […]