The Brexit Possibility
This is a thoroughly worthwhile read.  Push through the opening if it seems boring; the opening is standard market&#x2F;governance theory but things perk up afterwards.  There&#x27;s a coherent vision of a new social footing: UBI funded with high taxation, supported by low regulatory burden and a gig economy.<p>Unfortunately missing from the piece is any acknowledgement of just how strongly we seem to be trending <i>away</i> from this outcome.  Supranational corporations have neatly sidestepped taxes, so UBI is unaffordable.  Regulatory burden and protectionism trend steadily upwards (in opposition to a high-upside, high-tax-value tech industry), while credentialism, debt, and licensing cripple the labor side of a gig economy.<p>It&#x27;s certainly an interesting worldview, and I&#x27;d love to see a more formal treatment of it.  But I&#x27;d also love to see a good breakdown of how it compares to the trends we actually face.