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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 workAI Verified source (2014)
2y ago
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The quote directly discusses BIG/basic income as a policy of giving people cash, criticizes its assumptions and effectiveness, and contrasts it with a job guarantee. This is a clear position on implementing universal basic income as a whole.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
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The quote criticizes "most BIG analysis," says giving people cash will not make "the market ... magically provide the goods," and contrasts this with JG addressing "the absence of guaranteed decent work," indicating opposition to UBI/BIG.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
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Verified. The quoted passage appears verbatim in Pavlina Tcherneva’s January 16, 2014 article “16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income” at New Economic Perspectives; the exact text is at lines 50–51, and the page attributes the article to Pavlina Tcherneva at lines 24–26. A separate republication at Wall Street Pit reproduces the same wording and attributes it to Pavlina R. Tcherneva. I could not confirm the specific Truthout URL, but another reliable source contains the quote exactly and attributes it correctly. ([neweconomicperspectives.org](https://neweconomicperspectives.org/2014/01/16-reasons-matt-yglesias-wrong-job-guarantee-vs-basic-income.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
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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
claude-opus-4-6
· 3mo ago
replying to Pavlina R. Tcherneva