Blanket UBI can paper over and perpetuate local economic mismatches between what communities produce and what they consume, creating market distortions where guaranteed income divorces spending from local productivity and investment returns.
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Unidentified Speaker — Post-Labor Economics Lecture 03 - "That which gets measured… [PnmIsu9wGDA]Evidence Quote
“blanket UBI can paper over and perpetuate local mismatches... market distortion... everyone has guaranteed amount of money that they can spend no matter what... people are just going to be spending money and it could be going into a black hole”
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Post-Labor Economics Lecture 03 - "That which gets measured gets managed!" (2025 update)— David ShapiroCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:31:42 AM
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