http://www.techinsider.io/basic-income-gets-nobel-prize-winners-approval-2016-5
"His thinking: Government intervention on the scale of
regular monthly checks, handed to people regardless of working status
for the purpose of meeting their basic needs, may be the smartest
solution.
In the past, Deaton has firmly supported the idea that wealth inequality will only continue to increase
unless some larger safety net acts as an insurance agent to bind people
together. He won the 2015 Nobel Prize for his analysis of consumption,
poverty, and welfare. His research has focused on the ways people's
individual choices intersect with larger, macro-economic outcomes."
Only experiments on this idea will happen in my lifetime, but I hope it takes hold in the future.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
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