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Comment by Pavlina R. Tcherneva
Economist. Chair of the Department of Economics at the Levy Economics Institute, Bard College, NY
There is almost a ‘neoclassical market equilibrating assumption’ behind most BIG analysis that says: “as long as people have cash, the market will magically provide the goods for them, allow them to acquire assets, provide them with the freedom to do what they please, etc. etc.” If the market hasn’t solved these problems now, why would it do so just because people get cash? All structures that marginalize, reduce opportunities, and discriminate remain. JG is not a panacea for all these problems, but it deals with one crucial and systemic aspect of marginalization – the absence of guaranteed decent work
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Verified quote from Pavlina R. Tcherneva's article "Sixteen Reasons Matt Yglesias Is Wrong About the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income" published on Truthout (originally New Economic Perspectives), January 26, 2014. Checks performed: (1) Source URL fetched and confirmed to contain the quote text about "neoclassical market equilibrating assumption" - match confirmed. (2) Author attribution correct - Tcherneva is indeed an economist at Levy Economics Institute/Bard College who is a prominent critic of UBI in favor of Job Guarantee. (3) Vote alignment correct - vote is "against" the statement "Implement a universal basic income", which matches the quote's critique of basic income assumptions. (4) Updated year from null to 2014 based on publication date. (5) Updated source_url from old truth-out.org redirect to working truthout.org URL. (6) Searched for more recent quotes from Tcherneva on UBI but the 2014 quote is more substantive and directly relevant than her 2024 quotes which focus on job guarantee benefits rather than UBI critique.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 17d ago
replying to Pavlina R. Tcherneva