UBI: Productive & Lazy (Episode #125 - Meanderings)

What would happen if Australia introduced a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: would people quit their work and become lazy with a UBI, have we all been tricked into working for others, what would happen if we all received $1000 a month, the difference between a large UBI and small one, why incentives matter, why we need to be careful about Soviet style socialism and the Mere Mortals run for the 2024 presidency.

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Timeline:

0:00 - Mere Mortal Moments

2:44 - Would Universal Basic Income make us lazy?

5:21 - Have we been tricked into being productive?

10:14 - Societal changes with $1000 a month UBI

15:50 - What about for $50,000 a year?

21:22 - Incentives for essential jobs

23:52 - The slippery slope to socialism

30:25 - Mere Mortals Management: economic plan

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