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Highlights From The Comments On Basic Jobs
Scott Alexander summarizes and responds to reader comments on his previous post comparing basic income to basic job guarantee programs.
55 min read 8,415 words
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Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia
Scott Alexander argues strongly for basic income over basic jobs guarantees, citing numerous advantages of basic income and potential pitfalls of basic jobs programs.
89 min read 13,740 words
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The death of wages is sin
Scott Alexander critiques a plan to cure youth unemployment by abolishing minimum wage, arguing that unemployment might be preferable to miserable employment at extremely low wages.
7 min read 1,078 words