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come from groups of people who would normally in your life would love to start a business if
have diametrically opposed political views. only they weren’t so beholden to the everyday
For example, one of the best known modern pressures of working long hours to pay the bills
proponents of UBI is Andrew Yang, an American and support their families?
tech entrepreneur who recently ran to be the
Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential If by the 2050s, UBI has been successfully
election, while on the other side of the political implemented in a number of countries, how
divide, support for UBI has come from the many people across the world would have been
neoliberal economist Milton Friedman, and the able to use the extra freedoms afforded to them
political scientist Charles Murray, whose views in terms of both time and finances, to start
on the issue of race relations could generously businesses and pursue their true calling?
be described as ‘controversial’. With some of the pressure to pay household
bills and expenses relieved, how many bold new
It is also worth noting that the American state services and groundbreaking products would be
of Alaska, which is heavily conservative, has developed by skilled and educated individuals,
had a form of UBI since 1982. Every year, who all of a sudden had more time to work on
residents of Alaska receive up to $2000 simply their passion projects?
for living there, with barely any conditions
attached. What’s more, studies have shown that THE FUTURE IS YOURS
Alaska’s UBI program has helped to wipe out Whatever your views are on any of the ideas I’ve
extreme poverty in the state, without increasing presented in this article, it’s worth remembering
unemployment. that nothing is inevitable, and that the world
of the 2050s will be shaped by the actions and
RELEASING THE SHACKLES desires of ordinary people, all across the world.
The relative merits of UBI, and how it should be As Abraham Lincoln said, ‘the best way to predict
implemented, are issues which require serious the future is to create it.’
studying and many more words of explanation
than I am afforded for this article, but there is
one more point which is vital to understand
in the context of UBI and how it may affect This article was produced by Alex Belsey
business in the 2050s. of New Frontiers Marketing
www.newfrontiersmarketing.com/content
Consider for a second how many frustrated
entrepreneurs you know. How many people
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