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2247516Give People Moneyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/give-people-money/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1868289/0410e195-e447-4847-adc2-dcb521ac5de9.jpg?v=638342094929670000195224MXNCrownInStock/Ebooks/<p>A <em>New York Times Book Review</em> Editors Choice<br />Shortlisted for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award</p><p>A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic incomea stipend given to every citizenand why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.</p><p>Imagine if every month the government deposited 1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexicoall are talking about UBI.</p><p>In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBIs intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor.</p><p>Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems, while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels.</p>...2076759Give People Money195224https://www.gandhi.com.mx/give-people-money/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1868289/0410e195-e447-4847-adc2-dcb521ac5de9.jpg?v=638342094929670000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189781524758783_W3siaWQiOiI0YzUyYmY5ZC04ZmQzLTQ1NjItYjViYy00ZmFjZWViOTUzZTMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5NSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMjlUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJjMDEyM2VmYi01MmExLTQ3MTctOWU1ZS00YzAzMTViNmZkNmYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d;9781524758783_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_<p><strong>A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic incomea stipend given to every citizenand why it might be the answer for our age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.</strong></p><p>Imagine if every month the government deposited 1,000 into your checking account, with no strings attached and nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and discussed policy ideas of our time. The founder of Facebook, President Obamas chief economist, Canada and Finlands governments, the conservative and labor movements leading intellectual lightsall are seriously debating versions of a UBI.</p><p>In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey looks at the global UBI movement. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBIs intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor. Lowrey also examines the challenges the movement faces: contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing.</p><p>The UBI movement calls into question our deepest intuitions about what we owe each other. Yet as Lowrey persuasively shows, a UBIgiving people moneyis not just a solution to our problems, but a better foundation for our society in this age of marvels.</p>...(*_*)9781524758783_<p>A <em>New York Times Book Review</em> Editors Choice<br />Shortlisted for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award</p><p>A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic incomea stipend given to every citizenand why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.</p><p>Imagine if every month the government deposited 1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexicoall are talking about UBI.</p><p>In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBIs intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor.</p><p>Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems, while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels.</p>...9781524758783_Crownlibro_electonico_d771a460-3a92-324f-a3da-30186cc72635_9781524758783;9781524758783_9781524758783Annie LowreyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-1bb1198d-9327-4e27-94e4-942b62bcd456.epub2018-07-10T00:00:00+00:00Crown