087 – A.I. Took Our Jobs! Is Universal Basic Income the Answer?

Computers, A.I. and automation are in the process of making a lot of jobs obsolete. 2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is running on a platform of Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Freedom Dividend. UBI would provide every person in the United States a monthly cash payment, kind of like the U.S. paying everyone a dividend for the success of the technology industry and for being a member of the United States of America Club. Yang says the numbers work and that the benefits to society - and the economy - greatly outweigh the price tag.

The guys talk pros and cons, capitalism and socialism, math, more cowbell, Jeff's kids wanting to make sure other kids have candy too, and if sharing the candy ultimately helps everyone enjoy their candy more.

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