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Comment by Willem Buiter
Citi's Chief Economist
Use the tax-transfer mechanism (e.g. through a guaranteed minimum income for all, or an ambitious negative income tax, public funding of health care and long-term care etc.) to support those left behind by technological advances.
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(2016)
2y ago
Policy proposals and claims
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Unable to directly verify the source URL. The provided source_url (http://futurism.com/citis-chief-economist-recommends-a-universal-basic-income/) returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches. I also tried the primary Citi GPS report PDF (oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk and oms-www.files.svdcdn.com hosting "Citi GPS: Inequality and Prosperity in the Industrialized World") and Buiter's own publications page — all returned 403.
Indirect evidence is strong: multiple secondary sources (Briarpatch Magazine, AEI, search snippets) corroborate that Willem Buiter, as Citi Chief Economist, authored a report (circa 2015–2016) recommending "a guaranteed minimum income for all, or an ambitious negative income tax … to support those left behind by technological advance," with the exact phrasing "tax-transfer mechanism" appearing in coverage. The vote alignment ("for" Implement a universal basic income) is consistent with the quote's content. However, since the literal source page cannot be fetched, marking ai_unverifiable per instructions. Note: the year (2016) likely aligns with the original Citi report timeframe (Aug 2015 / 2016 coverage) so no update made.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1d ago
replying to Willem Buiter