The notion of a universal basic income (UBI)—an income up to the poverty line granted to every member of a community regardless of means, age, family status or capacity to work—is an old one, going back hundreds of years in Western traditions, and even further than that, of course, in global traditions. While thinkers across the political spectrum—from Bertrand Russell to Milton Friedman —have suggested UBI in one form or another, the idea has gained newfound popularity since 2010, particularly as a response to the challenges posed to full employment by the advent of workplace automation.
With the devastation of […]
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