This book presents the most compelling arguments for and against implementing a basic income
guarantee today in the voice of proponents and critics in alternating chapters. Tables
figures and pictures illustrate the key concepts and evidence which include benefit cliffs
and disincentive deserts time series macroeconomic data business economic and technological
change (BETC) artificial intelligence and other general purpose technologies along with
advanced robotics the environmental Kuznets Curve income distributions democracy social
justice dependence autonomy and economic freedom. A neutral non-partisan tone introduction
defines UBI and covers the history of universal income plans while the conclusion summarizes
the main arguments for and against UBI before surveying alternative policies including
universal basic asset credit service job and training plans.
