Comment Comment by aresant "It might also shift the norm whether to work. Work = being part of society " - Markus Brunnermeier(1)I love how simply Markus arrived at the fundamental political issue with Basic Income in the USA: American culture and society is a "work culture".If you're not working you're not part of society.That's a very plain and powerful statement that is central to many of the gut-reaction trump-esque disparaging arguments vs. UBI.(1) http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/partici... parent aresant 10 years ago
I love how simply Markus arrived at the fundamental political issue with Basic Income in the USA: American culture and society is a "work culture".
If you're not working you're not part of society.
That's a very plain and powerful statement that is central to many of the gut-reaction trump-esque disparaging arguments vs. UBI.
(1) http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/partici...