SUMMARY - Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World by Annie Lowrey

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes.


*As you read this summary, you will discover that a basic universal income is not as utopian as it sounds.


*You will also discover : that the idea of a universal income is 2,000 years old; that it is better to give money than bags of rice to fight poverty; that all jobs could be given to robots in the surprisingly near future; that a basic universal income can boost the labor market and entrepreneurship; how to easily finance this universal basic income at seemingly insane cost.


*The Universal Basic Income is currently gaining momentum. Promoted in the United States by personalities as diverse as Silicon Valley tycoons, Hillary Clinton and the Black Lives Matter movement, it was the subject of a referendum in Switzerland in 2016. Dozens of experiments are underway around the world, in both developed and developing countries. The idea is simple: periodically give all members of a community (country, region, city) a certain amount of money. This is called "basic," because it is not enough to live well, but covers basic needs - a room in shared accommodation, three meals a day, and travel by public transportation. And it is not conditional on any criteria of income, employment or family status. What would you do if you received a check for 1,000 euros every month?


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