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Universal Basic Income: A Critique

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  • David Iglesias
  • Walter E. Block

    (Loyola University New Orleans)

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The Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a snare and a delusion. It is bad enough that our friends on both the right (conservatives) and the left (who knows what they are now calling themselves, it keeps changing) favor this system. It is horrid that even libertarians have been taken in by this egalitarian measure. The present essay is devoted to showing the flaws in UBI.

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  • David Iglesias & Walter E. Block, 2019. "Universal Basic Income: A Critique," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 14(3), pages 7-18, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:14:y:2019:i:3:p:7-18
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