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2020 Revealed That UBI Cannot Wait Any Longer: A Video Essay

  • March 11, 2021

People wearing face masks walk by the headquarters of the Bank of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 4, 2021. South Korea's central bank says the country's economy shrank for the first time in 22 years in 2020.

The words in this video essay were authored by writer and UBI advocate Scott Santens. Video by Build The Floor.

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To view original video on YouTube, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7I7NtfskVU

  • CATEGORIES: THE SOCIAL DEBATE
  • TAGS: automation, Fund for Humanity, INCOME INEQUALITY, Job displacement, The Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, UBI, UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

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