Techopian Robert Hughes

When funding a UBI or Universal Basic Income the question of where the money comes from is quite a valid one. Can't we just print more money for free or do we raise taxes?   

Money doesn't grow on trees and we'll need more of it to pay for a UBI scheme. We asked the experts where the think the money will come from in this episode.

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As the debate on UBI moves forward the idea of a guaranteed job enters the discussion. This idea proposes that everyone is given a job, and the economy is matched to the skillsets of the population.

UBI supporters have different views on how a job for everyone would work. Some see it as a tool in the construction of a more balanced society, while others see it as a 'guaranteed' servitude and paternal. We discuss this with the experts...



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In this episode we interview Fred Krieger, CEO and founder of Scoro. Fred shares his insight on the future of the office, what it might be like and how technology can fill in the gaps that remote working (WFH) leaves in the social fabric of companies.

Scoro offers a work management software platform to agencies and consultancies working predominantly in the knowledge worker sectors of the economy. Could this type of offering be utilised to avoid burn out and deliver better focus in the new world of hybrid work?

The IPCC, or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most recent report on 9 August 2021.  

This podcast looks at some of the findings and why we need to start becoming very serious about how we live, how we create energy and where we get it from.  

The climate is changing, much faster than at any time in history and there is a serious risk that we need to get on top off it or we will suffer serious consequences.  We have the means to decrease the impact we have and to create a better world for future generations.   

Dr. Paul Dorfman, senior researcher at UCL and Mathew Hampshire-Waugh, author of Climate Change and the Road to NET-ZERO, explain how we can use existing technologies to change the way we capture energy and create a massive new financial market.

Critics of Universal Basic Income say it detracts from the dignity of work, disincentives people from working and makes them lazy.

The UBI critics say that there is value from working that transcends remuneration and if we give people something for nothing, then something else will be taken from us; there is no such thing as a free lunch and money for nothing carries the price of the loss of dignity.

In this episode the experts discuss their findings and show that these concerns are often founded on a two-tier system.  Few people argue that those who have inherited wealth lack dignity because they receive money without working.

So, does UBI create laziness or does it create opportunity for those who are creatively minded, or for those who seek further education, or indeed would-be entrepreneurs?

Minsky was a 20th century economist who spotted the debt cycles that the economy goes through.  His research attempted to provide an understanding and explanation of the characteristics of financial crises, which he attributed to swings in a potentially fragile financial system. In other words he 'saw it coming'.

He was also a fan of UBI or universal basic income and how it may be able to address the boom and bust nature of the current economic system.

UBI or Universal Basic Income is one of the most important social support systems currently under consideration by governments, corporations and academia. So what can we learn from Minsky?

In this episode we speak to Austin Mackell and Geoff Crocker. They, just like Minsky, explain the need, the reasoning and the economics behind UBI...