Getty Images The idea that every citizen should have an unconditional monthly income is so old that 18th Century philosopher and political activist Thomas Paine once proposed it.
It’s also an idea that many still dismiss as hopelessly utopian. Indeed, 75% of Swiss voters rejected it in a referendum last year.
However, it’s increasingly a model that many of the world’s best brains are proposing as we face losing more and more jobs to AI and robotics. ( http://theqstn.com/questions/212685/in-the-smart-city-what-do-people-actually-work-for-if-everything-is-automated )Finland is currently carrying out a two-year Universal Basic Income (UBI) trial – becoming the first European country to pay its unemployed […]
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