Could A Robot Tax Win the War on Poverty?

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🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

An old idea – giving every resident of a country a set amount of money every month with no strings attached – became a hot item in Silicon Valley and on the 2020 campaign trail. Could it alleviate the impending job loss coming from automation?

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