Name: 無条件ベーシックインカムのためのスイスの取り組み (The Swiss Initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:36:34.000Z
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様態の副詞

Technological progress has radically changed production methods.

When I worked as a sound engineer in the sixties

this is how much equipment you needed in a recording studio.

And because now everbody can be their own sound engineer

I and many others have had to retrain to find new work.

We have seen similar transformations in many different areas.

Today production methods have changed dramatically.

which are already being used to print construction materials for houses.

We've all heard about the “uberization” of the economy

where customers replace cashiers in shops.

which you may even be able to summon with your phone

particularly in the way it moves and gets up when it falls.

So we are now in the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”.

What is different compared to the other industrial revolutions?

Before, when jobs became obsolete because of technological progress

But before, machines just replaced our arms and legs

such as accountants, analysts, journalists, etc.

Serious studies, e.g. at Oxford University

with very specific skills and qualifications

the dividends are increasing as investors

reap the benefits of technological progress.

are the result of discoveries and innovations

they did not predict that life would only be only easier

for people who own the fruits of these technologies

i.e. the owners of the means of production.

Why does this have a profound effect on the economy?

which reduces the purchasing power of the middle classes

essentially the bulk of the formal workforce.

and finally the loop is closed by reduced demand.

Therefore, advances in technology contribute to the economic crisis.

but without contributing to social security

The fact that robots do not contribute to social security

threatens the whole social insurance system

described just now by my colleague to my right.

on funding by social security contributions and taxes

I will now run through the main principles of a UBI

Whether a UBI should provide enough money

The initiative for a Swiss popular vote on a UBI specifies that it should.

where the UBI is not intended to provide enough money to live off

A UBI is paid to each individual for their whole life.

Regardless of whether the person is wealthy or well-paid

and without requiring anything in return.

This is very different to the current social security system.

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