Comment by 0815test

A bit of a clickbait title. Acemoglu does say that a 'UBI' is a bad idea, but then advocates for the NIT (Negative Income Tax), which actually works in much the same way. What he actually seems to be saying is that way too much UBI advocacy makes unrealistic claims about what a UBI-ish system might look like - and it's hard to disagree about that!