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[[File:Le revenu de base, une vieille idΓ©e.png|thumb|right|700px|[[w:Basic income|Basic income]] is not a new idea, but the automation with which we can do it is newer than these supporters [[w:Thomas More|Thomas More]], [[w:John Locke|John Locke]] and [[w:Thomas Paine|Thomas Paine]].]] '''Automatic Basic Income''' ('''ABI''') will be a necessity for the survival of humanity and the planet. Some call this UBI, where the 'U' stands for either "''Universal''" or "''Unconditional''", depending on who you ask. {{Q|If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality.|[[w:Stephen Hawking|Stephen Hawking]]|[[w:technological unemployment|technological unemployment]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/user/Prof-Stephen-Hawking</ref>}} ''' Organizations ''' * [https://basicincome.org BasicIncome.org - Basic Income Earth Network] | [[w:Basic Income Earth Network]] ** [https://perustulo.org/ Perustulo.org - BIEN Finland] * [https://www.ubie.org/ UBIE.org - Unconditional Basic Income Europe] ** [https://www.basicincome.org.uk/ BasicIncome.org.uk - Basic Income UK] is a member of UBIE ''' Possible sources of money for ABI ''' * Our '''automation wealth''' in the [[w:free software]] stack, which causes falling costs for companies and societies and more services for less money * Improved taxation e.g. the new model proposed by the [[w:OECD]] * [[w:Helicopter money]] i.e. central bank stimulating economy by printing money and giving it to the reservoir to pay for ABI ''' Addressing the need for tax reform ''' * [https://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/international-community-agrees-on-a-road-map-for-resolving-the-tax-challenges-arising-from-digitalisation-of-the-economy.htm 'International community agrees on a road map for resolving the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy' at OECD.org] 2019-05-31 * [https://www.oecd.org/tax/oecd-leading-multilateral-efforts-to-address-tax-challenges-from-digitalisation-of-the-economy.htm 'OECD leading multilateral efforts to address tax challenges from digitalisation of the economy' at OECD.org] 2019-10-09
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