Universal Basic Income Is Your Productivity Dividend. It’s the Only Way to All Share What We All Built.
Summary
The piece argues that universal, unconditional cash payments are required to fairly share productivity gains from AI and automation, framing UBI as a shareholder dividend for all society. It cites RAND and EPI data showing a widening gap between productivity growth and worker pay since the late 1970s, and argues that only UBI—financed through public investment returns and potential taxes—can end poverty and ensure everyone benefits from technological progress.