The case for free, universal basic services | Aaron Bastani
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🗓️ 20 January 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Several crises are set to define the next century -- but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have the technological ability to meet our biggest challenges and create unprecedented levels of prosperity for all. He shows how we could get there by ditching capitalism as the world's economic operating system and adopting "universal basic services," where governments would freely provide life essentials like housing, health care, education and transport. (Followed by Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson and public finance expert Maja Bosnic)
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh. |
| 0:07.1 | Climate change, economic uncertainty, and demographic crises are issues defining the 21st century. |
| 0:13.2 | And journalist Aaron Bistani believes changing the system that undergirds much of the world, |
| 0:18.4 | capitalism, can not only address those challenges, but expand liberty. |
| 0:23.8 | And his talk and the Q&A that follows from Ted 2022, he lays out his vision for how. |
| 0:30.2 | It's coming up after the break. |
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| 0:38.8 | When you're staying at an Airbnb, you might be like me. |
| 0:41.3 | Wondering, could my place be an Airbnb? |
| 0:43.5 | And if it could, what could it earn? |
| 0:45.4 | You could be sitting on an Airbnb and not even know it. |
| 0:48.4 | Maybe you have a spare bedroom where friends and families stay every few months. |
| 0:51.7 | You could Airbnb it, makes some extra money, instead of letting it sit empty. |
| 0:55.8 | Maybe your kids have gone off to university and you suddenly have an extra bedroom or two. |
| 0:59.4 | Whether you could use a little extra money to cover some bills or for something a little more fun, |
| 1:03.8 | your home might be worth more than you think. |
| 1:06.7 | Find out how much at airbnb.co.uk. |
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