Universal basic income sounds great but doesn’t add up

Dr. Mark Hendrickson

Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg made a big splash earlier this year when he proposed a “universal basic income” during his Commencement speech at Harvard.

It was a warm-hearted, encouraging, interesting address, enriched by some endearing personal vignettes.

It was also politically progressive to the core: It included the obligatory (for progressives) statement condemning the unfairness of a system that allows him to become mega-rich while others do not and a…

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