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Comment by Nathan Gardels
Editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine; co-founder and senior adviser of the Berggruen Institute
Since income through labor will diminish and even disappear where tasks are routinized, more of people's earnings in the decades ahead should be drawn from an ownership stake in listed companies, particularly those where intelligent machines are displacing gainful employment. In short, the best way to fight inequality in the future is to spread equity around through what can be called 'universal basic capital,' in which everyone has an ownership share in the AI economy.
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Quote attributed to Nathan Gardels (2026), editor-in-chief of Noema. The Noema source_url returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but web search confirmed the article exists at that exact URL ("How The 'AI Job Shock' Will Differ From The 'China Trade Shock'"), authored by Gardels, and corroborated the central thesis verbatim in substance: as labor income diminishes through routinization, earnings should increasingly come from ownership stakes in listed companies, advancing "universal basic capital" (UBC) — a concept Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen have long championed ("everyone has an ownership share in the AI economy"). Year (2026) consistent with the recent AI-job-shock framing. Author attribution confirmed. Vote alignment correct: the quote advocates spreading equity ownership broadly (UBC), supporting the statement "Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment" — matching the "for" vote.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 4d ago
replying to Nathan Gardels