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Today we are going to look at an interesting and often controversial idea: Universal Basic Income, or UBI for short.
Let me ask you a question: What if the government gave everyone free money, no strings attached?
No matter who you are, wh ... Show More
Oct 19
410. Why Spain Is Banning Evictions? (Vocabulary in the News)
Today, we're trying something a little different. This is a vocabulary-focused episode based on a recent news story, where we'll take one interesting event and use it to learn useful English words and expressions in context. Our story today comes from Spain, where an eviction inv ... Show More
22m 47s
Mar 2023
[debate] should we give everyone free money? unpacking the pros and cons of UBI
<p>hello sweet angels,</p>
<p>this week, we're back with a debate episode! The topic: Is UBI the bad bitch she claims to be?<br>
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would our lives be better or worse if we eradicated labour and just gave everyone free money? But more importantly, we discuss what the most impor ... Show More
19m 8s
Jun 2020
Universal Basic Income vs. Sprawling Bureaucracy
Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been advocated in various forms by Thomas Paine, Andrew Yang, Milton Friedman, and Richard Nixon: a minimum income floor available to all Americans. How does it stack up compared to our existing welfare state? How would it work, and can we afford ... Show More
1h 14m
Jun 2018
#130 — Universal Basic Income
Sam Harris speaks with presidential candidate Andrew Yang about "universal basic income" (UBI). They discuss the state of the economy, the rise of automation and AI, the arguments for and against UBI, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you ... Show More
24m 52s
Mar 2023
#211 Let's Talk About Money in English
In this episode, we're talking about money! I share lots of very useful words related to finances, making and saving money, as well as some useful ways of describing people's attitudes towards money. How do you feel about your financial situation? I'm sure for most of us, it's no ... Show More
19m 46s
Aug 2018
Annie Lowrey, “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World” (Crown, 2018)
How can we end the scourge of poverty? How we can sustain ourselves once robots eliminate the need for many jobs? Annie Lowrey offers an answer in the title of her book, Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World (C ... Show More
35m 13s