Matt Zwolinski, a philosophy professor at the University of San Diego, has responded to Bryan Caplan’s critique of a Universal Basic Income. His defense is deficient.
I’ll highlight three things.
First, on the effect of a UBI on children.Zwolinski states: For instance, Bryan argues that cash transfers to parents of young children would be a bad idea, since the fact that such parents require taxpayer assistance is evidence of their irresponsibility, and “they may spend it on alcohol.” He responds: But this is a case where Bryan is the one who is not paying enough attention to empirical evidence. We actually […]
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