Universal basic income has been touted by many in the technology sector as a possible answer to the problem of automation. Amidst fears that big data, robotics, and artificial intelligence put up to 47% of jobs at risk by 2050, experts – both in Silicon Valley and in academia – have suggested basic income holds the solution to unemployment.
On the traditional Left, the case for a basic income has been made most forcefully by Guy Standing and his work on the emerging precariat, the term Standing uses to define highly flexible mainstream workers. These workers are subject to insecure […]
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