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Economist . OFCE Sciences Po. Paris.
Le revenu universel est-il un moyen de gérer la fin du travail et/ou une réforme sociofiscale pragmatique visant à rationaliser la lutte contre la pauvreté ? Pour les uns, il devrait être suffisant pour vivre, pour les autres, relativement faible pour ne pas bouleverser le système socio-fiscal. Des doutes subsistent sur la réalité de la raréfaction du travail. De plus, la réduction généralisée du temps de travail semble une stratégie plus soutenable que le revenu universel car elle concerne tous les salariés au lieu de couper la société en deux.
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses 'le revenu universel' as a policy, weighing its purposes, design, and drawbacks, and ends by favoring reduced working time over it. This clearly addresses the full idea of implementing a universal basic income, with a skeptical/opposed stance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote argues that "la réduction généralisée du temps de travail semble une stratégie plus soutenable que le revenu universel" and criticizes UBI for potentially "couper la société en deux," which indicates opposition. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. In the provided 2017 OFCE ebook, Guillaume Allègre is identified as the author of the chapter “Le revenu universel : utopique ou pragmatique ?”, and the conclusion on p. 53 contains this passage as a contiguous excerpt. The only tiny difference is PDF hyphenation: the source shows “socio-fiscale” rather than “sociofiscale.” ([ofce.sciences-po.fr](https://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/pdf/ebook/ebook_10-03-2017.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Cannot directly verify exact quote text because the source URL (https://www.ofce.sciences-po.fr/pdf/ebook/ebook_10-03-2017.pdf) is blocked by network proxy. However, web search confirms: (1) Guillaume Allègre is an OFCE economist who co-edited this exact ebook "Revenu universel : l'état du débat" (March 2017); (2) the quote themes (questioning UBI as response to end-of-work, preferring working time reduction, doubts about work scarcity) align perfectly with his known positions; (3) the "against" vote on "Implement a universal basic income" correctly reflects the quote's skeptical stance toward UBI. Attribution and vote direction appear correct, but exact wording cannot be confirmed from the source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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