by Harry Pitts | Jun 25, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: The article addresses the following common arguments against UBI:
1) Isn’t that Communism?
2) You can’t make up new rights!
3) If people get a basic income nobody would want to work anymore!
4) Employment is a voluntary exchange between consenting parties
5) Basic Income sounds great, but we can’t afford it.
The Pieces Fit, “Debunking the Top 5 Myths About the Universal Basic Income”, The Pieces Fit, 12th June 2014.
Debunking the top 5 Myths about the Universal Basic Income
by Karl Widerquist | Jun 24, 2014 | Research
-Discover Society
Ailsa McKay, “Viewpoint: A Citizens Basic Income? Questions for a New Scotland.” Discover Society, Issue 7, April 01, 2014.
by Harry Pitts | Jun 24, 2014 | Research
Corrupt Bstard, “Define Insanity. Paying every human being an Unconditional Basic Income or Reinventing Spanish Flu?”, The BIG Political Party, 13th June 2014.
BIG Political Party
by Karl Widerquist | Jun 23, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: This article argues that robots are replace a significant amount of human labor and concludes that government need to introduce new policies in response. “These can include tax reforms to provide a safety net for those who become unemployed, smaller government, programs to stimulate start-up innovation, sharing and open source and providing citizens with an unconditional basic income (a federal stipend guarantee).”
Federico Pistono, founder and CEO of the online learning start-up Esplori, is a computer scientist, activist and social entrepreneur. He is also the author of the book Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and Be Happy.
Federico Pistono, “Get ready, robots are going to steal your job.” CNBC, 9 Jun 2014.
CNBC
by Harry Pitts | Jun 23, 2014 | Research
Deirdre Kent, “Government Superannuation, Basic Income, Duplication and the Housing stock”, The New Economics Party, 15th June 2014.
Government Superannuation
by Karl Widerquist | Jun 21, 2014 | Research
John Aziz -TheWeek.com
SUMMARY: This article discusses technological unemployment and concludes optimistically, “If the economy is disemboweled by a lack of consumer spending, corporations fat off the self-perpetuating riches of automation and plentiful, cheap energy will likely be all too happy to support generous redistributive programs to support the spending of the hordes of out-of-work people, like a universal basic income.”
John Aziz, “Could a robot do my job? Probably, but I’m still optimistic.” TheWeek, May 20, 2014.
Is it only a matter of time? (Thinkstock via TheWeek)
