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Considering how well productivity gains have treated the working class from the 70's until now, I'm not optimistic.
by rfrank 10y ago
Considering how well productivity gains have treated the working class from the 70's until now, I'm not optimistic.
- dragonwriter 10y agoA UBI funded by strongly progressive taxation is a means of forcing productivity gains to help those in the bottom half (or more, depending on the exact setup) of the income distribution. But to have a UBI sufficient to provide benefits to replace traditional employment protections (as well as social safety nets) and make the gig economy a net win for workers seems like it would take significant productivity advances from where we are now. But, no, its not automatic in any case -- its an active step, and in many ways in an opposite direction to the neoliberal "reforms" many jurisdictions have adopted since the 1970s which have assured that productivity gains do not benefit the poor and working class.