Why not bring Andrew Yang on? Krugman wrote a piece disagreeing with Andrew and didn’t even accept the invite to discuss UBI in person. Don’t you see the perverse incentives the welfare state bring about?,(reply>)," @Lex Fridman Greg Mankiw is the economist to talk to about UBI.<br><a href=""https://youtu.be/oUGpjpEGTfE?t=2491"">https://youtu.be/oUGpjpEGTfE?t=2491</a>",(reply>), @Lex Fridman Appreciate it, Lex. In the meantime I recommend looking up Alex Howlett of Boston Basic Income. He is not particularly well known at present, but I'm making a long bet that he has figured out the economics of basic income to an impressive degree.,(reply>), @I Z there are models that show it growing the economy. It's almost as if we believe money disappears when individuals receive it. <br><br><br>Healthcare plans are said too be too expensive when most are already paying a hidden tax. <br><br><br>UBI will dramatically grow the economy by far more than it will deplete it.<br><br><br>Also remember that Trump basically spent a few trillion dollars in a single day! For a "war" we were supposedly not in. Have the American people seen any of that value be returned?,(reply>), Too costly and no concrete evidences that it will work out,(reply>), @Rick Poverty is NOT the absence of character," it's the absence of cash. Stockton's program proves this.<br><br><br><a href=""https://www.businessinsider.com/stockton-basic-income-test-success-mayor-tubbs-2019-12"">https://www.businessinsider.com/stockton-basic-income-test-success-mayor-tubbs-2019-12</a>"