What are some of the strongest arguments against universal basic income? Can they be overcome?

Well, it depends what you mean by ‘strong.’

If you mean ‘strong’ in the sense of a rational, reasonable, compelling argument, based on a sound understanding of Economics, then those are very difficult to come by.

However, if what you mean by ‘strong’ is an ‘argument’ that may be sufficient to convince many ordinary people who do not have a sound grounding in Economics, then that is much easier.The main two ‘arguments’ most commonly made against Basic Income are 1) That it is unaffordable, and 2) That is would result in most of the population – or even ‘everyone’ – giving […]

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