tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post9063312228931761259..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Automation and Future UnemploymentLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-71204686036673465652016-04-24T13:35:28.841-07:002016-04-24T13:35:28.841-07:00I'm sorry if my comment has nothing to do with...<br />I'm sorry if my comment has nothing to do with the post. But I like your blog, it contains a lot of data and explores a lot of history. I would like to know if there are any liberal blog (here in Brazil liberal = classical liberalism or similars) or any blog that defend the free market, which is similar to yours (explores the history, with datas and empirical evidences)mrprimeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05453828582193649468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-6505961801451217052015-12-27T09:41:48.863-08:002015-12-27T09:41:48.863-08:00Universal income has serious drawbacks.
From what ...Universal income has serious drawbacks.<br />From what we already see in nowaday's politics, the prospects for this kind of solution to mass unemployment are not very bright. The existing benefits, small as they are, enable right wing politicians and even allegedly social democratic ones to blame poor people and depict them as parasites for other poor people to resent against.<br />What do you think would happen were a government to implement basic income policy ?<br />What's in it for the still working taxpayers ?<br />Even it were reasonnably fair as a social contract, which I strongly deny, it would still be a political suicide for any mass movement to stand for it.GLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04372485857847843352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-29795174484911353332013-10-22T16:59:33.769-07:002013-10-22T16:59:33.769-07:00You can not force people to work less if they do n...You can not force people to work less if they do not want to. Besides if the number of jobs decreases dramatically no policy will be able to stop that. We can not go to 1 hour work - most jobs (especially the ones that will remain) do demand one person to keep constant focus. <br />Instead of adding more policies and thus complexity to the system the only logical way ahead is exploring possiblities for universal basic income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-57400699014793528772013-09-30T08:02:48.211-07:002013-09-30T08:02:48.211-07:00More solutions. Shorter work weeks, more holidays ...More solutions. Shorter work weeks, more holidays and longer vacations. More education for younger people, keep them out of the workforce longer. Earlier retirement. Increase the labor share, higher pay to increase demand. Reduce the burden that the financial sector imposes on the real economy. Increased spending on infrastructure.<br /><br />In other words nearly the exact opposite in every area of what we are currently doing. simpleDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026759384381124714noreply@blogger.com