Universal Basic Income

Universal Basic Income

Penna Dexter

A really bad idea is bubbling up from the left. It stems partly from the idea that Artificial Intelligence and the resulting automation of jobs, from driving to technology, will displace so many workers, we’ve just gotta do something.

The Universal Basic Income has been floated by Barack Obama and certain Silicon Valley titans, among them Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Mark Zuckerberg. They see UBI as an efficient way to prevent poverty in our hyper-automated and globalized future.Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is helping to fund a pilot UBI project in Stockton, California that launches next month. Chicago […]

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