Universal basic income and the threat to democracy as we know it / Peter Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Income shifting (Taxation).

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Business Expert Press, 2018.

Summary:

Some of the greatest minds of the century have predicted that computers or artificial intelligence will replace 80 percent, if not more, of the world's workforce. The only uncertainty is the time frame, with the average prediction at about 30 years, although many believe it will be sooner. No matter the exact period, the impact on our planet will eventually be enormous because governments will still need to find a way to provide the unemployed with money on which to live and a Universal Basic Income (UBI), or something similar, is proposed to be paid to everyone without means test. That solution might appear well in theory, but the large numbers of unemployed will not want to be marginalized and will demand over time that the UBI be increased. Following human nature, under a democratic system as we know it, supposedly based on one person one vote, people will vote for whoever gives them more, and more, until the economic system breaks down, unable to afford the payments. The question is whether democracy will survive the challenge or whether we finish with a benign group of bureaucrats at the top who decide what is in the best interests of the majority and the rest of the global population simply accepts it.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Future of Employment

Chapter 3: Progression of Disappearing Jobs

Chapter 4: Prospects for New Jobs

Chapter 5: Climate Change

Chapter 6: Universal or Unconditional Basic Income

Chapter 7: Benefits of a UBI

Chapter 8: Shortcomings of a UBI

Chapter 9: Gender Divide

Chapter 10: What Will Need to Change

Chapter 11: Funding

Chapter 12: Legal Framework

Chapter 13: What People Do Without Jobs

Chapter 14: Structural Fluidity

Chapter 15: Democracy As It Is Understood

Chapter 16: The Other Side of Democracy

Chapter 17: Evolving Political Framework

Chapter 18: Adjusting to Change

Chapter 19: Military Intervention

Chapter 20: Time Frame

Chapter 21: Will Democracy Survive?

Chapter 22: What Can Be Done for Democracy to Survive

Chapter 23: Remaining Questions

About the Author

Index

Adpage

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781948198653

1948198657