UBI is one of the more poorly thought out policy ideas in recent decades.https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-universal-basic-income-is-a-bad-idea-by-daron-acemoglu-2019-06 …
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I don’t agree with the rest of his policy recommendations, but his criticisms of UBI are excellent
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I think it could work, but who knows? What I really don’t get is why those who favor UBI (which is a long way from being a political possibility) won’t get the ball rolling by pushing to expand EITC. People say moonshot w/o acknowledging that the moon landing happened in stages