Opinion Pieces
Is Covid-19 universal basic income’s moment?
Robotics and blockchain will unleash massive job losses as workers struggle to adjust. Should society offer UBI to ease the economic pain?
Geoff Bell
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Geoff Bell
An award winning journalist, Geoff Bell was a writer and producer at CTV National News, Canada’s most-watched news show. His pieces have appeared in the South China Morning Post and World Politics Review. He has an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
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Opinion | Why Technology is Forging China’s Critical Path
Executive Summary It has been 40 years since Deng Xiaoping launched China’s Open Door Policy. By several metrics, China’s economic miracle has been extraordinary, with some 800 million people lifted out of poverty in just a few decades and the country playing a critical role in the global economy. But this growth was neither stable […]
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Opinion Pieces
Opinion | Why France Doesn’t Innovate and Probably Never Will
On Sept. 13, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire gave a rousing speech about innovation and technology at the OECD Global Blockchain Policy Forum in Paris. It was a robust defense of the role of government not only in regulating and taxing technology, but having a strong say in how it is developed. Among the […]
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