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Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by madeofpalk on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:20AM (#15897996)
At first I was about to jump in with the standard "most people won't end up with an increase in income due to UBI being counteracted at tax time".

Then you said

> UBI could lead to stagflation because the income allotments and any increases would be according to some formula known ahead of time. This means that producers could anticipate demand and simply raise prices to soak up any income increases.

This is a very interesting point that I have never considered before. Thanks for mentioning it.

Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by SubiculumCode on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:01PM (#15898822)
Apparently they don't think that competition in the market will keep prices as low as possible. Increases in circulating money supply do not automatically turn into inflation/increased prices. Relative to the money supply, when producers can meet the increase in demand, there will be little inflation. I'd argue we have an excess in global production capacity that can quickly be mobilized to accommodate a large increase in demand, thus leaving inflation modest.
Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by gnarbarian on Monday December 11, 2017 @03:50PM (#15900318)
It also hugely depends on the competitiveness of the market in question. Corn is not likely to go up in price but your internet bill probably will.
Re:A decentralised Universal Basic Income platform based on ... by SubiculumCode on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:33PM (#15900673)
Indeed. One of the issues with the modern economy is LACK of competition. There is significant declines in competitiveness across industries (e.g., https://www3.nd.edu/~wbrooks/BKL_merged.pdf). For UBI to not result in increased prices, and to be effective, we must also solve issues related to monopolization and price fixing of markets.