Universal Basic Income (UBI) has become a hot topic of discussion, especially as the threat of job automation looms on the horizon. While tech billionaires like Sam Altman endorse UBI as a potential solution to the challenges posed by technology replacing human labor, the idea of unconditional cash payments has a long history of experiments and successes.
One of the earliest UBI programs was launched by Richard Nixon in 1969. These pilots, overseen by figures like Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, aimed to provide ongoing, unconditional payments to working families. Contrary to the fears of laziness, the experiments proved that […]
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