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Universal Basic Income

The idea has been around for a while, but it's only recently begun to gain attention as well as some mainstream support. With employment in long-term decline due to demographics, automation and digital transformation, a growing number of experts are touting UBI as a means of managing changing labor dynamics.

Summaries

9 Report
Melissa S. Kearney and Magne Mogstad
Aspen Institute, 2019
Book

Fair Shot

Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn
Chris Hughes
St. Martin’s Press, 2018
Book

The War on Normal People

The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
Andrew Yang
Hachette Book Group USA, 2018
9 Report

A Little Respect

Can We Restore Relational Equality?
Richard V. Reeves
Brookings Institution, 2018
9 Article

Don't Believe in a Universal Basic Income?

This Is Why It Would Work, and How We Can Pay for It
Rutger Bregman
World Economic Forum, 2018
8 Report

Capitalism in the Age of Robots

Work, Income and Wealth in the 21st Century
Adair Turner
Institute for New Economic Thinking, 2018
7 Article

Basic Income

A simple and powerful idea for the twenty-first century
Philippe Van Parijs
Université catholique de Louvain, 2005
7 Video

A Basic Income for All

Dream or Delusion?
Tamzin Booth et al.
World Economic Forum, 2017
8 Video

Income Without Work

The Future of Work Summit
Scott Santens and Steve Clemons
The Atlantic, 2016
7 Report

What Happens if Robots Take the Jobs?

The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Employment and Public Policy
Darrell M. West
Brookings Institution, 2015

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