{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Worth Knowing","title":"Let them eat UBI | 02","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d9354389\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1282,"description":"Universal Basic Income (UBI) is often served up as the neat solution to AI job disruption. Lose work, receive a payment, and everything will be OK.\nIn this episode, Elliot and Matt come at that promise from different positions. Elliot makes the optimistic case for the freedom UBI could unlock. Whereas Matt is more sceptical... especially of those who treat it as a silver bullet.\nThey explore the targeting problem and what a flat payment means for workers facing vastly different income losses. Then there is the big question: who pays, and how do we ensure the companies capturing the productivity gains contribute?\nChapters ➡\n00:17 Introduction to Universal Basic Income\n03:04 Historical Context and Examples of UBI\n05:43 Concerns and Critiques of UBI\n08:12 The Role of Technology and AI in UBI\n10:49 Funding UBI and Economic Implications\n13:40 The Future of Work and UBI\n14:29 Conclusion and Final Thoughts on UBI\nWatch and subscribe to the channel now as well as our substack and on your favourite podcasting channels at: https://worthknowingpod.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kLOyudmflklpLa-NLw5_OVigjIyc7rj5qEtrsj0bHtc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NjFi/MmVkNzEyOTJhZWQx/NjE5ZjM1OTk2MjFk/N2Q3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}