Topic

Universal basic income

46 mentions in 21 episodes

Also known as Universal basic income trials, Universal basic income in Hawaii

The hosts discuss a study of monthly payments to low-income participants and the broader effects of providing income.

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658: Red Hot Chili Coasters

  • 2:23

    a study on universal basic income

  • 2:57

    a study involving 3,000 low-income individuals

  • 3:53

    UBI is, of course, incredibly helpful for people

602: Urban Doom Loop

  • 5:12

    just in case, AI ends up causing mass layoffs. Well, why don't we actually start looking at UBI seriously?

454: Pennies From Jack

  • 1:36

    We have talked a lot about universal basic income over the years on the show.

  • 3:09

    I would call this actually COVID assistance, not UBI right now.

  • 4:24

    what you want to see from a pilot program from UBI is UBI rolled out in normal circumstances

385: Pump Up the TikTok

  • 0:40

    we've been talking about UBI quite often on the show

  • 1:03

    Santa Monica is giving some of its low-income seniors a monthly check ranging from $200 to $700

  • 1:24

    you can't call it universal basic income unless you're universally applying it

  • 2:04

    Stockton's been working on this for quite some time now

  • 2:58

    they're spending it on food, clothes, and utility bills

278: A Sinking Ship Brings Down All Boats

  • 16:15

    we've talked a lot about universal basic income UBI

  • 16:35

    some people will have UBI, some people won't

  • 17:29

    They have to figure out a way where the IRS won't take all the money.

256: You Can Call Me AI

  • 10:38

    Finland was running an experiment, which they have now decided to end

  • 11:33

    if it's not universal, everybody has to get it

236: Unnecessary Reboots

  • 11:56

    let's go back to UBI again, universal basic income

  • 12:23

    they take a portion of those proceeds and basically do UBI within their own communities

  • 13:15

    what do we do when there aren't any jobs anymore?

226: A Badder Meinhof

  • 4:10

    the whole concept of the universal basic income, or UBI

  • 4:54

    giving every single adult in the United States a $1,000 cash handout per month

220: Road to Nowhere

  • 6:02

    an interesting article from futurism.com that talks about the cost of universal basic income

  • 13:07

    The unemployment that's going to occur and the disruption that it's going to cause and the fact that we'll need a UBI.

215: I Have a Bad Feeling About This

  • 1:29:26

    Hawaii could become the first state to offer its citizens universal basic income.

  • 1:29:42

    I want to see smaller areas take these on as trials and see what happens.

213: A Pinch of Wrath

  • 2:33

    We've got to start talking about UBI, people. We've got to start talking about universal basic income

212: High Heals and Dyslexia

  • 8:15

    Silicon Valley's basic income fans should spare a minute to defend the actual safety net

  • 8:34

    The UBI is supposed to defend the fact when you have absolutely no job left.

210: Beyond Burgerdrone

  • 1:30:27

    this is why universal basic income is an important idea that needs to start being discussed

197: Last Night in Sweden

  • 12:01

    This has to somehow tie in with the universal basic income that we've talked about.

  • 13:11

    People weren't even talking about universal basic income until, I feel like, last year.

194: 2 1/2 Minutes to Midnight

  • 20:36

    let's go back to a little bit of uh universal basic income

  • 22:00

    research done by the world bank said that no actually consumption of alcohol and tobacco went down

189: Ello, Dolores

  • 5:45

    Tech leaders, including Y Combinator Sam Altman, have begun advocating for a universal basic income.

  • 6:02

    This needs to come to pass, at the very least, that we need to be talking about this

188: Because of Copyright!

  • 1:48

    you and I talk about the this basic income type of project on the show quite a bit

  • 4:06

    a new basic income project that's launching in January and it is launching in Africa

186: Back with a Vengeance

  • 2:18

    We also talked a little bit about universal basic income last week

  • 3:15

    let's give it a go. Let's calculate costs. Let's see what happens.

185: What Plants Crave

  • 10:11

    We've talked about universal basic income before

  • 10:40

    we do not have enough jobs for people anymore because we have automated so many things

153: We Face a Shining Future

  • 8:19

    There's this concept called universal basic income

  • 8:35

    We just give you money because there are no more jobs for you.