UBI and AI Simplified

Table of Contents:

00:26 - What is UBI?
00:47 - Size of UBI payments?
02:28 - Why are we even talking about UBI?
04:08 - UBI and AI
05:49 - Threshold for economic problems
06:57 - Does UBI work?
07:57 - How much will UBI cost?
10:44 - Paying for it & inflation
12:33 - Central banks and UBI
15:04 - One model for a launch
16:54 - Challenges modeling outcomes
17:28 - Deflation nightmare
20:04 - Timeline for UBI
23:02 - Why talk about this now?
24:08 - Popular support
25:42 - Avoiding a crisis point
26:49 - Caution about UBI

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