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Published: August 24, 2019 | 7 min read, 1352 words
Earlier this month, Andrew Yang officially qualified for the upcoming Democratic presidential debate, making him the only candidate so far on stage without a background in politics. Yang is a former tech executive and founder of Venture for America, a sort of Teach for America th...
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August 25, 2019
Good overall history and review of UBI detailing both positives and negatives, as well as offering some fair speculation as to how to pay for UBI.
August 25, 2019
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August 24, 2019
A surprisingly contextual article despite an underlying tone against Silicon Valley or Andrew Yang... I'm not entirely sure. Not only does it adequately describe UBI, but when the idea originated, who supported UBI in history, what countries have UBI, and what are some reasons why.
There might be a better article than this, but I wouldn't waste time looking for it.
August 24, 2019
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August 26, 2019
As other reviewers have pointed out, this article provides a ton of great context around the history of a Universal Basic Income. The only imperfection in this article is the casual and completely unnecessary smearing of Charles Murray, calling him an " infamous racist social scientist". That was unhelpful and was the only time I really noticed the author overreaching with his own opinion.
August 26, 2019