Should We Have a Universal Basic Income?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 15, 2016

Andy Stern, senior fellow at Columbia University's Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy, former president of SEIU (Service Employees International Union) and the author of Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream (PublicAffairs, 2016), says structural and technological changes to the economy mean greater inequality and fewer workers sharing the wealth. He offers the proposal of "universal basic income" to end poverty.

@BrianLehrer Yes, but it's too early. Eventually (in about 20 years) when automation/3D print drives production costs to near zero.
— P__Krish (@P__Krish) June 15, 2016

@BrianLehrer give everyone full SSI ($733+$31 in NJ), offer slightly higher tax deduction for ppl who opt out & reduce the processing burden
— Kat Mohr (@rinjvonscoot) June 15, 2016

@BrianLehrer Yes.Considering the level of economic inequality:billionaires/impoverished. There is money for that.I work 80 hours a week
— norton (@nortonmythos) June 15, 2016

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