Andrew Yang: Math, Jobs and the Robot Future

[redqueen]

It's standard by now for any bio of Andrew Yang, the 44-year-old New York businessman who is running a longshot campaign for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, to include a smirking reference to the "Robot Apocalypse." Yang, however, is definitely not kidding. The central theme of his campaign is that technology is going to continue to put more and more Americans out of work—with devastating social consequences that we have not prepared for as a nation.

His primary answer to that challenge is a guaranteed monthly payment of $1,000 a month, no strings attached, to every American over 18 years old, which he calls a "Freedom Dividend," to be paid for by new taxes on the companies benefiting most from automation.

Yang has steadily polled in single digits along with several other candidates but he has shown fundraising strength and his message has proven strong enough to keep him in the race thus far. Newsweek recently asked him about his ideas for mitigating the worst of what he believes will be a huge and inevitable disruption in how Americans work and live and how we prepare today's children for the workforce of the future.

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https://www.newsweek.com/2019/11/15/andrew-yang-interview-robots-automation-stem-education-schools-1468156.html

I liked this part of his answers the most:

We need to put in place a new vision for our society, one that values people intrinsically rather than tying value to their economic output. In this way, we place greater emphasis on work like caregiving, volunteering, teaching, making art and other activities that are not valued at their true worth by the market. If we can get the measurements right, we can start to build an economy that works for all of us and get everyone optimistic about the future that new technologies will unlock.

[Sherman A1]

1. K&R

You should post these in the Democratic Primary Forum as well!

[redqueen]

2. Will do!

Already posted a few things in there this morning, didn't want to deluge the place