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Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia
Some Democrats angling for the 2020 presidential nomination have a big idea: a basic jobs guarantee, where the government promises a job to anybody who wants one. Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, E…
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| May 17, 2018 | Basic Income, Not Basic Jobs: Against Hijacking Utopia by lainon | 50 | 23 |
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