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#130 — Universal Basic Income

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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What Is Universal Basic Income?

The author has written an urgent book about universal basic income, also known as u b i. It's a policy where everyone gets a certain amount of money to e basic needs every month. A thousand economists signed a letter in the sixties saying, this would be great economy in society. The idea is based on a sense that it's just wrong to out money to people who are simply luckier than others.

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