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Comment by Anna Coote
Principal Fellow at the New Economics Foundation
UBI is an individualistic, monetary intervention that undermines social solidarity and fails to tackle the underlying causes of poverty, unemployment and inequality.AI Verified source (2018)
2y ago
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Verified via web search: the exact quote "UBI is an individualistic, monetary intervention that undermines social solidarity and fails to tackle the underlying causes of poverty, unemployment and inequality" is confirmed to be from Anna Coote's February 2018 article on the New Economics Foundation site (neweconomics.org/2018/02/better-fairer-ways-spreading-prosperity-ubi). Multiple independent search results returned this exact phrase attributed to her at that URL. WebFetch returned 403 (the site blocks automated access) but the search engine has indexed the page with the exact text, which is strong corroborating evidence. Updated the source URL from http to https. Set the vote to "against" because the quote unambiguously opposes the statement "Implement a universal basic income". Author attribution is correct: Anna Coote is Principal Fellow at NEF and is well-documented as a long-standing UBI critic who advocates for Universal Basic Services instead — corroborated by her June 2025 testimony to the London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee where she maintained a skeptical position on UBI. Year is 2018 (older than 2025/2026); I searched for a more recent direct quote but the most recent (June 2025 London Assembly) statement is narrower in scope ("unregulated UBI... would be a disaster"), so the 2018 quote remains the best concise statement of her overall position.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1mo ago
replying to Anna Coote