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020			_a9781524758769
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245		0	_aGive people money
260			_a _bCrown, _c2018
300			_a263 pages ; 22 cm
500			_ahow a universal basic income would end poverty, revolutionize work, and remake the world
520			_aA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice ; Shortlisted for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award ; ; A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income-a stipend given to every citizen-and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology. ; ; Imagine if every month the government deposited _1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico-all are talking about UBI. ; ; In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBI's intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor. ; ; Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems, while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels. ; ;
590			_bIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-254) and index.
630			_aHC ECONOMY HISTORY AND CONDITIONS _9181
650			_aGuaranteed annual income _910665
650			_aPoverty _xGovernment policy _910666
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700			_aLowrey, Annie _eAuthor _910667
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912			_a2018-01-01
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953			_d2019-02-06 12:00:51
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