Gwynne Dyer’s latest book is Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work).
There is a remarkable lack of enthusiasm for free money.
A recent poll asked people in the work force to rank their preferences: a higher minimum wage; legally enforced profit-sharing by employers; direct government subsidies to wages; and a universal basic income (UBI). Most of them put UBI in last place.That’s not really surprising. People who cannot imagine a different economic environment are naturally reluctant to break the link between work and compensation. But if we are moving toward a future where work is not available for half […]
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