This hasn't gone well for other transitions. I'm reminded of: https://fivebooks.com/interview/dani-rodrik-on-globalisation/ … And: https://www.amazon.com/Stability-Growth-Macroeconomics-Liberalization-Development/dp/0199288143 …
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Few of the policy recommendations in the last one were adopted here in the US. Now Trump is president.
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Something interesting is that the wealthy are split. Some are delusional enough to think the pitchfork events won't catch _them_ out...
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...but many others (most?) are thoughtful enough to understand that they (more than others) depend on societal stability.
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...and yet, we don't see voluntary movement toward better outcomes en masse. The wealthy only rarely donate/pay large %s of wealth.
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...and it's rare enough news: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/11/buffett-donates-3-point-17-bln-to-gates-charity-four-others.html … https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/nyregion/james-bond-of-philanthropy-gives-away-the-last-of-his-fortune.html?mcubz=1 … Not much hope, either: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-the-wealthy-to-donate.html?mcubz=1&_r=0 …
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And even if the wealthy started paying more in tax than technically required (none of them do, it seems -- how civic-minded), look at firms
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The firms they tend to be huge shareholders in or founders/managers of *aggressively* lobby against paying reasonable tax liabilities.
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So the only functional mechanism you could imagine UBI deriving from (taxes) is being actively undermined by those who'd pay the most.
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So UBI, as understood academically, might work in more public-spirited countries. I don't understand how you'd get there in the US.
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I mean, for chissake, we have have an entire political party that is currently organized around the idea that insurance is theft.
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