A Universal Basic Income in the Superstar (Digital) Economy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12902148
AutoresAndrew White (0000-0002-0793-0142, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas64-78
Fecha de publicación2018-08-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2018.1512138
OpenAlexW2888310787
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas20

This paper argues that the structural logic of the digital economy is to widen inequality, not only through its increasing automation of jobs but also in its efficiency in delivering ever greater profits to a smaller number of already-enriched organisations and individuals. Remedial actions that might be taken to mitigate the effects of some of the digital economy’s structural flaws are interrogated here, with a particular focus on universal basic income (UBI) and stake-holding schemes. The paper considers whether the digital economy’s inherent problems are of such magnitude that some sort of financial support for workers to buttress long periods of idleness, or to enable them to take risks in increasingly volatile and unstable global markets, is both desirable and politically feasible

Advertising · Basic income · Business · Digital economy · Economics · Economy · Industrial organization · Inequality · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · New economy · Political science · Remedial education · sort · Superstar · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Economic Theory and Policy · Political Economy and Marxism