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Please consider these topics while structuring and presenting your arguments: 

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Please consider these topics while structuring and presenting your arguments: 

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- Effects of automation on human income and purpose (e.g., will history repeat itself, or is this time different?)

- How your perspective differs depending on your role (e.g., Secretary of the Treasury / Secretary of Labor / Secretary of Health and Human Services / Secretary of Education, etc.)

- Economics (e.g., workforce polarization, the Great Decoupling of productivity gains from median income gains, UBI's financial viability)

- Politics (e.g., the politics of resentment, popular support for UBI)

- Theories and principles of justice (e.g., Equality of Fortune)

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If not UBI, which alternative or complementary policies would you propose to the President? (You can refer to the other suggestions by McAfee and Brynjolfsson, reproduced below, but these need not limit your answer.)

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What do you think is the most or least effective redistributive policy in your home country? 

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What do you think is the most or least effective redistributive policy in your home country? 

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McAfee, "A FAQ on Tech, Jobs, and Wages" 

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1. Give people an opportunity to satisfy basic needs (level playing field)

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2. In emergency situations like the pandemic - UBI would maintain basic dignified life

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3. Role of society is to support each other - UBI is important for that

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4. If work is a burden/drudgery, UBI prevents people from being exploited.

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In favor of a more tailored approach to tackle industry-specific issues.

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5. Better culture/ more art - more time

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6. People are born poor - should not be punished for it

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7. Guarantee that people will receive the basic income, making them feel more secured in living their lives.

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8. UBI - leads to better economic trickle down - more expenditure in the economy

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UBI may exacerbate inequalities.

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UBI encourages entrepreneurship as workers are able to pay for basic needs while they pursue a small business start-up.

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UBI + some societal participation (may be money-related or not)

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UBI + some societal participation (may be money-related or not)

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UBI might disincentivize work, which is a source of meaning and purpose.

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How will UBI be funded?

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Economically, it could cause societal costs to spiral. A minimum income today will inevitably be less-than-minimum tomorrow.

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If there are public funds, use it to equalize opportunities, not equalize outcomes. Channel the funds to poorer persons to upskill themselves and climb up the social ladder, not merely to make ends meet.