The Bayesian Conspiracy

88 – UBI and Other Forms of (Evil?) Taxes

Jul 3, 2019

02:04:51

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Introduction

2min

The Importance of Having a Consulting Expert on Your Podcast

1min

Universal Basic Income: A Bad Policy Debate

2min

The Pros and Cons of UBI

2min

The Negative Income Tax

2min

How a Negative Income Tax Reduces the Leaky Bucket Effect

2min

The Cost of a Negative Income Tax

2min

The Psychology Behind Negative Income Taxes

2min

The Importance of a Positive Income Tax

3min

10.

The Differences Between UBI and Negative Income Tax

2min

11.

How to Fund a Government Program

2min

12.

What Are the Three Types of Taxes That You Mentioned?

2min

13.

The Pros and Cons of Progressive Income Taxes

2min

14.

The Progression of Income Taxes

2min

15.

The Problem With Wealth Taxes

2min

16.

The Benefits of UBI Over Negative Income Tax

2min

17.

UBI vs. The Status Quo

2min

18.

The Pros and Cons of Negative Income Tax

2min

19.

The Pros and Cons of UBI

2min

20.

The Pros and Cons of a Low Overhead UBI

3min

21.

The Inefficiencies of UBI

2min

22.

The Negative Impact of UBI on Productivity

2min

23.

The Value of Disagreement

2min

24.

AI and the Cost of Living

2min

25.

The Future of AI

2min

26.

How Self-Driving Cars and Self-Bagging Grocery Make My Cost of Living Go Down

3min

27.

The Implications of Comparative Advantage in AI

3min

28.

The Importance of a Minimum Wage

2min

29.

How to Distribute a UBI

2min

30.

The Importance of Payroll Taxes

2min

31.

The Problem With Payroll Taxes

2min

32.

Somalia: A Straw Man and an Example of Anarchy

2min

33.

The Politics of UBI

2min

34.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of a UBI

2min

35.

The Importance of Location in a UPI or NIT System

2min

36.

The Importance of a Cost of Living Index

2min

37.

The Importance of Having No Friends or Family

2min

38.

The Problem With Digital Nomads

2min

39.

The Importance of Rationality

2min

40.

The Rationalist Audiobook

2min

41.

How to Subvert the Church and Win Virtue Points

2min

42.

The Unsurprised

2min

43.

The Bystander Effect

2min

44.

How to Be a Better Rationalist

2min

45.

The Negative Bystander Effect of Science Headlines

2min

46.

The Correlation Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer's Occurrence

2min

47.

The False Dilemma

2min

48.

The Noble Lies of Plato

2min

49.

The Three Alternatives to Santa Claus

2min

50.

How to Obtain Third Alternatives

2min

51.

The Psychology of Altruism

2min

52.

Third Alternatives for After-Lifeism

2min

53.

The Pros and Cons of After-Lifeism

2min

54.

The Importance of Setting a Timer

2min

55.

How to Create Less Wrong

2min

56.

The Importance of Souls

2min

57.

The Importance of Afterlife Ism

2min

58.

Unweaving the Rainbow

2min

59.

The Benefits of Afterlifeism

2min

60.

The Noble Lies of After-Life Ism

3min

61.

The Epistemic Advantage of Life Insurance

2min

62.

Breath of the Wild Trailer

3min

63.

The First Week of Release of My Novel

3min

64.

How to Buy a Paperback Book

2min

The Conspiracy sits down with David Spearman, a long time listener and commenter who told us why we were all wrong about UBI and we figured he should tell you too. Here’s the homework problem David spoke about. The answer … Continue reading →

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