Facebook cofounder, other technologists, pledge universal basic income research

Facebook cofounder, other technologists, pledge universal basic income research

Pink piggy bank standing on a wood table with one dollar bills. Amazon stores won’t need cashiers. Uber cars won’t require drivers. It’s a new economy where many human jobs vanish. And some say the solution may be a universal basic income.

On Thursday, the Economic Security Project, a research alliance of technologists and activists, announced a $10 million fund to study universal basic income over the next two years, Quartz reported .

Universal basic income provides every citizen with a standard set of money no matter their employment status. Research on the topic is sparse and so it remains to […]

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