Where does the money come from in the first place? Neither taxation nor inflation are "free market."
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Where does the money come from in the first place? Neither taxation nor inflation are "free market."
Taxes or inflation unfortunately. The free market bit is giving the welfare direct as cash not dictating to people how it should be spent. Alot of people despise UBI because the amounts suggested are ridiculously high. I only would support something low that keeps people out of desperate dire poverty.
No, sorry. Receiving stolen money, even 'directly', is not a function of the market.
We have UBI now, it's called Social Security, and it doesn't work.
Ignoring the source of the money is bad economics and bad politics. You're just trying to dress up the broken window fallacy again.
Good point! They aren't worried about the details, they just want free cash!
Money comes from wealth but wealth doesn't only come from humans. This is why the job fallacy won't hold. Wealth comes from any kind of value whether it be land, or automation, or whatever else people find valuable at any time. Robots will generate most but never all of the wealth in society.
Humans will always possess some wealth and monetization of the human will always take place. Emotional labor might become a lot more expensive as robots begin running nursing homes and people want to be cared for by humans have to pay a premium.