Sharing to read later.
Originally shared by Larry Panozzo
UBI – Universal Basic Income. Think it’s too socialistic? What if you add a free market on top of it? Thoughts?
Pro – article: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/
Against – article: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436621/universal-basic-income-ubi-terrible-idea?client=safari
Historical – article: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/mincome/
The “anti” post is mainly a rehearsal of old ideological arguments about how just giving people money will make them lazy – which none of the studies bear out.
Brings to my mind the axiom-of-life…
“Not only do sheep experience a shearing”
©ldyuengel
After rereading the thread,
I suppose my comment on the topic was as diff` as apples and oranges.