{"product_id":"give-people-money-how-a-universal-basic-income-would-end-poverty-revolutionize-work-and-remake-the-world-paperback","title":"Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Lowrey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 FT \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income--a stipend given to every citizen--and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico--all are talking about UBI. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBI's intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems, while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Lowrey\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic. \u003c\/i\u003eA former writer for the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications, she is a frequent guest on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. Lowrey lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771773518112,"sku":"9781524758776","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/77ea195cb10a2064f6bc03335a1f4f71.webp?v=1780393018","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/give-people-money-how-a-universal-basic-income-would-end-poverty-revolutionize-work-and-remake-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}