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Comment by George Magnus
Former Chief Economist of UBS
The most compelling argument for the UBI stems from our evolving social and economic organisation. Radical advances in digital technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence will transform our society beyond our capacity to imagine at this point. Already, new technologies are undermining an array of middle-wage paying, middle-skill level occupations, not just low paid and low skilled ones.
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(2016)
2y ago
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Checked quote by George Magnus on UBI (opinion_id 2723, statement 224 "Implement a universal basic income", vote "for"). Vote alignment is correct: the quote clearly expresses support for UBI ("The most compelling argument for the UBI..."), matching the "for" vote. Author attribution is plausible - George Magnus is former Chief Economist of UBS and has publicly written about UBI and technology's impact on employment. The source URL (https://georgemagnus.com/does-future-growth-depend-on-the-universal-basic-income/) was confirmed via web search to exist with that exact title, and is listed as a George Magnus article. However, I could not access the page content directly - WebFetch returned HTTP 403 (blocked), and web searches for the exact phrasing did not return snippets of the quoted text for cross-verification. Marking as ai_unverifiable because the source URL blocks automated access and the exact quote text could not be independently confirmed, though all other signals (author, topic, vote alignment, article existence) are consistent.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 18d ago
replying to George Magnus