Fears of automation-induced mass unemployment are at the heart of increasingly popular calls for a universal basic income (UBI).
Though the idea has been kicking around for centuries , it really caught fire recently because of Andrew Yang , who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and to be mayor of New York City in 2021. His new memoir and political party , both called Forward , put a UBI at the center of his agenda. Last year, polls showed a majority of voters favoring the idea, and cities like Los Angeles, St. Paul, Atlanta, and Newark are […]
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