Should there be a universal basic income?

Should there be a universal basic income?

The accumulation of things

I remember watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Captain Jean-Luc Picard said that Earth society had overcome hunger and want and was “no longer obsessed with the accumulation of things.” In this science fiction future, technological advancement has created a world where everyone has access to the necessities of life. Poverty no longer exists. As in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction stories, many jobs are handled by robots or computers.

What would you do if you didn’t have to work in order to provide the necessities of life? If you have […]

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