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Highlights From The Comments On Basic Jobs

Scott Alexander summarizes and responds to reader comments on his previous post comparing basic income to basic job guarantee programs.

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May 28, 2018 8,415 words 0 likes 558 comments Listen · 55 min Read Read
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Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia

Scott Alexander argues strongly for basic income over basic jobs guarantees, citing numerous advantages of basic income and potential pitfalls of basic jobs programs.

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May 16, 2018 13,740 words 0 likes 180 comments Listen · 91 min Read Read
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The death of wages is sin

Scott Alexander critiques a plan to cure youth unemployment by abolishing minimum wage, arguing that unemployment might be preferable to miserable employment at extremely low wages.

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Mar 24, 2013 1,078 words 0 likes 102 comments Read Read
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