Universal basic income in the developed world

early 2030s

In a TED talk, Ray Kurzweil predicted that "in the early 2030s we'll have universal basic income in the developed world", reaching the whole world by the end of the decade.

Forecast: Ray Kurzweil, 2018. Source: Wikipedia, Predictions made by Ray Kurzweil

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