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Comment by Kathryn Anne Edwards

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Labor economist, independent policy consultant, and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast.
The answer to that fear is to make job loss less scary by building a new unemployment program.
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Kathryn Anne Edwards, “AI Anxiety Won’t Be Eased by Universal Basic Income,” Bloomberg Opinion, May 13, 2026.
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Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth
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AI Verified Edwards argues against UBI as the response to AI job-loss fears and instead favors unemployment reform; this establishes opposition to the proposal’s universal-income approach. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 48min ago
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AI Verified Recorded against: Edwards says UBI is not the answer and favors a new unemployment program instead. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 48min ago

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AI Verified Bloomberg Opinion by Kathryn Anne Edwards (2026-05-13) contains the sentence verbatim; attribution/date match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 48min ago
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