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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Ebook version : |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Annie Lowrey |
ISBN: | 9781524758769 1524758760 9781524758776 1524758779 9780753545775 0753545772 |
OCLC Number: | 1002899316 |
Description: | 263 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Wages for breathing -- The ghost trucks -- Crummy jobs -- A sense of purpose -- The poverty hack -- The kludgeocracy -- The ragged edge -- The same bad treatment -- The $10 trillion gift -- In it together -- $1,000 in a month -- Postscript: Trekonomics. |
Responsibility: | Annie Lowrey. |
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A fantastic introduction to UBI that's both thorough and accessible. * Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures * Like it or hate it, the UBI is the biggest social policy idea of the 21st century so far. Annie Lowrey's book is the best study yet of the world's experiences with UBI. It deserves acclaim and, more important, the close attention of policy makers * Lawrence H. Summers, former Treasury Secretary of the United States * Send everyone a monthly check? Eliminate all welfare bureaucracies? Even if you don't believe that technology reduces the total number of jobs, the idea of a universal basic income is worth analyzing. In this provocative book, Annie Lowrey explores the history, practicality, and philosophical basis of an idea now drawing attention from all points on the political spectrum * Walter Isaacson * Give People Money is about Universal Basic Income in the way that Moby Dick is about a whale. If you want to learn about UBI, read this book. If you don't care about UBI, but you're interested in how technology is changing our economy, how the character of work is transforming, what poverty looks like globally, and how governments might more ably aid their citizens, then you really must read this book. * Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology at Columbia and author of PRIVILEGE * Give People Money is extraordinary, and the world has never needed it more. Annie Lowrey has a talent for making radical ideas feel not just possible-but necessary. This is a book that could change everything. * Jessica Valenti, Guardian columnist * Read more...


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