Forrest’s article focuses on the future of technology and automation that many academics are claiming can replace massive swaths of careers. This automation can be countered in a way through a universal basic income, however.
Adam Forrest, “What Happens When Humans are Obsolete?”, Big Issue, 7 July 2015.
Santens discusses the ramifications of self-driving vehicles on the American economy in the next few decades. The technology already exists, likely to reach the market sometime in the 2020s, but the most popular job in most U.S. states belongs to truck drivers. The economic consequences of displacing these truckers with self-driving trucks may lead to serious unemployment problems due to automation. Santens argues that a basic income can help ease the transition into even further technology-driven automation.
Scott Santens, “Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck”, Medium, 14 May 2015.
Peter Frase, “Ours to Master”, Jacobin, 5 April 2015
Pat Kane argues: “A basic income may be the way to support those displaced by robots and automation to develop their machine-resistant skills. It might also need a collective revaluing of those caring and creative skills in the first place. Which small nation can you think of that might be capable of such a patient and sustained revaluing? Right, first time.”
Pat Kane, “Terminal Redundancy in Digital Age”. The Scotsman, 26 January 2015.
Bennhold continues the discussion on the future of jobs by highlighting issues with automation and possible solutions to these problems. One such solution often considered is a basic income.
Katrin Bennhold, “After Jobs Dry Up, What Then?”, New York Times, 10 March 2015.
