Part of the LSEAAL Policy Innovation Series
Why UBI? Empowering Democracy, Gender Equality & Technological Unemployment
A critical review of the key arguments for UBI from perspectives of empowering individual citizens and addressing systemic inequality.
Panel:
Dr. Malcolm Torry (Formerly Director of the Citizen's Basic Income Trust and Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics)
Dr. Almaz Zelleke (Professor of Practice in Political Science, NYU Shanghai)
Dr. Ali Mutlu Köylüoğlu (“Citizen’s Basic Income Research Development Culture and Dissemination Society”; member, UBI-E [Universal Basic Income – Europe] and BIEN [Basic Income Earth Network])
A critical review of the key arguments for UBI from perspectives of:
Universal Basic Income - What do we mean by UBI?
How should we implement it with examples from the UK, EU, US and Turkey & the challenges of means tested benefits.
Democracy - Bolstering democracy and political processes
Inequality - Addressing systemic problems of inequality and social mobility
Gender Equality - What role can UBI play in addressing the economics of gender equality?
Technology - Combating AI induced unemployment and technological disruption
Covid Impacts - The long term economic impact of Covid and the economic singularity.
29th of July, 2020
06:00 - 7:30 PM BST (05:00 - 06:30 PM GMT)
Online Event
Includes audience Q&A!
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