> Many of the social benefits a working Western society wants depends upon a growing population, like social security. To be clear, they depend on a growing la

> Many of the social benefits a working Western society wants depends upon a growing population, like social security. To be clear, they depend on a growing labor force. However, the whole reason to investigate UBI is that we're likely nearing a future where labor is not a dominant factor of production. It seems unlikely that we'll have full employment in the future, particularly if there's UBI. In an economy where labor is not a necessary constraint or driver of production, it seems entirely unclear why having a growing population (without a growing labor force) would be beneficial. Not to mention that for the forceable future there are plenty of countries desperate to export excess populations. If you need to increase the population, there's no need to subsidize it.