On UBI and social reproduction.

 

Following on from ep. 88 where we discussed post-work with Anton Jäger, we have Amber on to talk about her recent article in Jacobin on Andrew Yang's proposals for a Universal Basic Income. Is a citizen under a UBI regime really assimilable to a mid-century American housewife? How free is either? Does fully automated luxury communism put too much emphasis on luxury and not enough on communism? And would UBI lead to a more or less alienated society?

 

Reading:

Andrew Yang and the Failson Mystique, Amber A'Lee Frost, Jacobin

 

For the full episode, subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast