The empowerment of the economic agent: An imperative at the heart of the debate on universal basic income

Abstract This article reveals that at the heart of the passionate debate on universal basic income (UBI), which nevertheless asserts one of the strongest notions of utopias and demands for freedom, lies the triumph of the notion of animal laborans, as suggested by Hannah Arendt (1983), which is observed on both sides of the debate. We … Continue reading The empowerment of the economic agent: An imperative at the heart of the debate on universal basic income