Saturday, September 4, 2021

Yanis Varoufakis - My proposal is a Universal Basic Dividend

Paying for UBI should not come from taxation. If capital is socially produced why are the returns to capital privatized? My proposal is what we call a universal basic dividend. A percentage of all shares should go into a public equity trust like a wealth fund for society. - Yanis Varoufakis




5 comments:

Peter Pan said...

Is this what Andrew has been saying?

NeilW said...

How do people fall for this? How are you going to fund the real transfer? By magic?

We have a magic money tree, not a magic porridge pot

Peter Pan said...

Wishing DiEM25 the best of luck.

Marian Ruccius said...
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Marian Ruccius said...

It does not attack the inflation, poverty or unemployment problems, but it does help in reducing wealth inequality, and can complement direct provision of employment. So a useful little proposal, but not game changing.