The Bayesian Conspiracy

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

Jul 3, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Importance of Having a Consulting Expert on Your Podcast
01:43 • 1min
3
Universal Basic Income: A Bad Policy Debate
03:12 • 2min
4
The Pros and Cons of UBI
04:44 • 2min
5
The Negative Income Tax
06:34 • 2min
6
How a Negative Income Tax Reduces the Leaky Bucket Effect
08:17 • 2min
7
The Cost of a Negative Income Tax
10:03 • 2min
8
The Psychology Behind Negative Income Taxes
12:09 • 2min
9
The Importance of a Positive Income Tax
13:42 • 3min
10
The Differences Between UBI and Negative Income Tax
16:37 • 2min
11
How to Fund a Government Program
19:05 • 2min
12
What Are the Three Types of Taxes That You Mentioned?
20:37 • 2min
13
The Pros and Cons of Progressive Income Taxes
22:13 • 2min
14
The Progression of Income Taxes
23:47 • 2min
15
The Problem With Wealth Taxes
25:19 • 2min
16
The Benefits of UBI Over Negative Income Tax
27:45 • 2min
17
UBI vs. The Status Quo
29:33 • 2min
18
The Pros and Cons of Negative Income Tax
31:23 • 2min
19
The Pros and Cons of UBI
33:30 • 2min
20
The Pros and Cons of a Low Overhead UBI
35:10 • 3min
21
The Inefficiencies of UBI
38:30 • 2min
22
The Negative Impact of UBI on Productivity
40:33 • 2min
23
The Value of Disagreement
42:21 • 2min
24
AI and the Cost of Living
44:09 • 2min
25
The Future of AI
46:30 • 2min
26
How Self-Driving Cars and Self-Bagging Grocery Make My Cost of Living Go Down
48:30 • 3min
27
The Implications of Comparative Advantage in AI
51:10 • 3min
28
The Importance of a Minimum Wage
53:42 • 2min
29
How to Distribute a UBI
55:43 • 2min
30
The Importance of Payroll Taxes
58:00 • 2min
31
The Problem With Payroll Taxes
59:43 • 2min
32
Somalia: A Straw Man and an Example of Anarchy
01:01:49 • 2min
33
The Politics of UBI
01:03:31 • 2min
34
The Advantages and Disadvantages of a UBI
01:05:18 • 2min
35
The Importance of Location in a UPI or NIT System
01:06:53 • 2min
36
The Importance of a Cost of Living Index
01:08:28 • 2min
37
The Importance of Having No Friends or Family
01:10:02 • 2min
38
The Problem With Digital Nomads
01:11:41 • 2min
39
The Importance of Rationality
01:13:45 • 2min
40
The Rationalist Audiobook
01:15:34 • 2min
41
How to Subvert the Church and Win Virtue Points
01:17:22 • 2min
42
The Unsurprised
01:19:03 • 2min
43
The Bystander Effect
01:20:48 • 2min
44
How to Be a Better Rationalist
01:22:47 • 2min
45
The Negative Bystander Effect of Science Headlines
01:24:32 • 2min
46
The Correlation Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer's Occurrence
01:26:40 • 2min
47
The False Dilemma
01:28:22 • 2min
48
The Noble Lies of Plato
01:30:03 • 2min
49
The Three Alternatives to Santa Claus
01:31:55 • 2min
50
How to Obtain Third Alternatives
01:33:40 • 2min
51
The Psychology of Altruism
01:35:15 • 2min
52
Third Alternatives for After-Lifeism
01:37:38 • 2min
53
The Pros and Cons of After-Lifeism
01:39:58 • 2min
54
The Importance of Setting a Timer
01:41:43 • 2min
55
How to Create Less Wrong
01:43:50 • 2min
56
The Importance of Souls
01:45:22 • 2min
57
The Importance of Afterlife Ism
01:47:08 • 2min
58
Unweaving the Rainbow
01:49:06 • 2min
59
The Benefits of Afterlifeism
01:51:04 • 2min
60
The Noble Lies of After-Life Ism
01:52:42 • 3min
61
The Epistemic Advantage of Life Insurance
01:55:27 • 2min
62
Breath of the Wild Trailer
01:57:05 • 3min
63
The First Week of Release of My Novel
01:59:49 • 3min
64
How to Buy a Paperback Book
02:02:31 • 2min