Billionaire Silicon Valley bosses are fast becoming a key source of support for the idea of a universal basic income .
Mark Zuckerberg and friends are unlikely to ever have to rely on free, no-strings-attached money from the state in order to make ends meet, but the telephone number salaries that their companies dole out have, paradoxically, brought the idea to the fore.
Vast pay packets have caused the price of basic necessities such as housing in the Greater San Francisco area to skyrocket, meaning many people with “ordinary” jobs are struggling to afford to live. Read more Now Slack […]
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