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Is UBI Better Than Welfare?
August 2, 2017
A viewer recently asked us what Words & Numbers thought of Universal Basic Income.
Antony Davies likes the idea of it, provided it’s done well, but doesn’t think it could ever possibly be done well. But what about a theoretical UBI? If we could actually figure out how to implement that well, would that work? And why wouldn’t that work in the real world? This week on Words and Numbers, Antony and James R. Harrigan tackle the issue that’s getting a lot of attention in Silicon Valley.
Show Notes
- UBI Is Even Worse Than Welfare
- What You Should Know about Poverty in America
- A Universal Basic Income Would Mean Massive Tax Hikes
- The Worst Thing about a Basic Income: You'll Never Get Rid of It
- Innovation Thrives when Government Stays Out of the Way
- The Implicit Tax Rate on Low Income Americans
- United States Census Bureau – Poverty Thresholds