This week: what’s up with universal basic income, fiduciary moats, and cars in space in other news. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Disruption Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week.

 

The stories this week:

Half of Americans like universal basic income – and they want AI companies to pay for it

The fiduciary moat of Apple and Amazon

 

Other stories we bring up:

The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration universal income experiment

Milton Friedman on negative income tax

India could be trialling a universal basic income before 2020

Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator’s upcoming experiment to give Americans free money

Could Australia afford UBI?

Some background on the alienation argument

A critique of UBI

Taxing robots discussion on TFTW

NSW accelerates solar approvals

 

Future bites:

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch

Female Uber drivers earn $1.24 per hour less than men

South Australia and Tesla to install solar panels and batteries for 50,000 homes

Scientists are writing honest reviews of Amazon products

 

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