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RE: The Progressive Case for Greatly Replacing the Welfare State with Unconditional Basic Income

in #basicincome6 years ago

Thank you. I originally had the infographic created for my first World Economic Forum piece last year.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income

The economics of UBI are sound, and it has backing from an increasing number of economic Nobel winners in addition to a growing pile of evidence in favor. And I agree the ethical justification for UBI is absolutely sound as compensation for the privatization of the commons. Our great challenge is a matter of collective will. We have to decide nation by nation as citizens, that a just society, and even a strong economy, requires UBI as a starting point below which no one is allowed to fall, and on top of which everyone is allowed to thrive.