In the third episode in the Universal Basic Income (UBI) series, we explore the libertarian arguments for UBI. These range from deeming private charity a market failure, a preference for UBI over the welfare state, and UBI as a necessary bulwark against coercion.

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References:

• ‘Basic Income: A Guide for the Open-Minded’, Guy Standing, 2017, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
• ‘In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State’, Charles Murray, 2006, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington DC.
• ‘Capitalism and Freedom’, Milton Friedman (with the assistance of Rose D. Friedman), 1962, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Making Sense with Sam Harris Podcast, ‘Episode #73 – Forbidden Knowledge’.
• Intelligence Squared Debate: ‘The Universal Basic Income Is the Safety Net of the Future.’
• ‘Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money’, Matthew Feeney, Reason.
• ‘The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income, Matt Zwolinski, Libertarianism.org.
• ‘A Hayekian Case for Free Markets and a Basic Income’ (May 30, 2019), Matt Zwolinski, The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic Income, edited by Michael Cholbi and Michael Weber (Routledge, 2019).
• LibertyPen, ‘Milton Friedman – The Negative Income Tax’.
• ‘The Economic Case for a Universal Basic Income’, Ed Dolan, Medium.
• Students for Liberty, ‘Debate: Should libertarians support a Universal Basic Income?’

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate