Universal basic income wouldnāt make people lazyāit would change the nature of work
Americans believe in the importance of a good dayās work. And so itās understandable that the prospect of a universal basic income (UBI), in which the government would issue checks to cover the basic costs of living, rubs some people the wrong way. Writing in The Week in 2014, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry envisions a UBI dystopia in which āmillions of peopleā are ālisting away in socially destructive idleness,ā with āthe consequences of this lost productivity reverberating throughout the society in lower growth and, probably, lower employment.ā