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Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by socialist_coder on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:37AM (#12247602)
That was my take away too. There are no mentions of studies or simulations to back up the primary claim that inflation would eat away any UBI based benefits.
Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by tricknik on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:23AM (#12248470)
Do you mean no studies other than the citation to Minsky who extensively shows just that? Here is the original paper: http://digitalcommons.bard.edu/hm_archive/429/
Re:Universal Basic Income Is a Neoliberal Plot to Make You P... by Aelinsaar on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:40AM (#12247616)
I was waiting for something too, even something flimsy. I guess the takeaway is that until this is studied and probably put into practice in pilot programs like HN's and others', we're just going to be subjected to load of ideological rhetoric.