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I really do wish we had "basic income" in the US. Besides helping out the lowest socioeconomic class, it really seems like this would benefit artists, too.
by bsder 4y ago
I really do wish we had "basic income" in the US. Besides helping out the lowest socioeconomic class, it really seems like this would benefit artists, too.
- qaq 4y agoWell the COVID gave a taste of it still can't put inflation under control from that experiment.
- ornornor 4y agoIs it from the couple thousand stimulus checks or is it from the billions companies got for free?
- qaq 4y agowas inflation mostly in industrial equipment or consumer goods?
- ornornor 4y agoDoesn’t one trigger the other in a vicious circle?
- qaq 4y agoIncrease in production capacity triggers inflations of end product prices?
- andrekandre 4y agoincrease of price for industrial inputs (petrol, chips, low stock, supply chain costs) should have a large impact if im not mistaken...
- qaq 4y agoThat is driven by consumer demand though.
- RestlessMind 4y agoInflation was also in service sector (eg. restaurants jacking up prices due to cost of labor). Before implementing UBI, let's have an alternative system for jobs like janitors, restaurant workers, mall/retail workers etc.
- RestlessMind 4y agoSaudi Arabia or Scandinavian countries have generous welfare. What have their populations achieved?
- bsder 4y agoI'm quite shocked that someone on HN would overlook the absurdly disproportionate to their population of the contributions of the Nordic and Scandinavian countries to the open source ecosystem. And, let's take a stronger look at the UK, for example. Can you name a few people who were on the "dole"? I can start with J. K. Rowling and Noel Gallagher, to start.
- RestlessMind 4y ago> the absurdly disproportionate to their population of the contributions Any data about overall artistic / entrepreneurial output comparing Scandinavian countries vs others? Asking genuinely.
- plonk 4y agoSome Finnish guy made a small mark in the history of operating systems a few years back. You might have heard of him.
- RestlessMind 4y agoI have heard about only a handful of Finnish artists and entrepreneurs. Nothing remarkable stands out there compared to other countries without UBI or a generous safety net, as is the context of this whole thread ("UBI would benefit artists"). Have you got any data about how Finland stands out in artistic output vs other countries? Or just random anecdotes which can be found even in countries without any welfare.