Should we have a Universal Basic Income? July 17, 2026
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Should we have a Universal Basic Income? July 17, 2026

B1IntermediateJuly 17, 20261 hr 22 min

What if there was a way to reduce the cost of administration, and the friction of changing jobs? But what if it led to worse outcomes? That’s the quandary the boys are throwing around in this episode on the merits of a Universal Basic Income. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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very basic. I'm Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool, I'm the basic one. He's the universal

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Welcome to Motley Fool Money, the podcast that may not be universal, but is certainly very basic. I'm Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool, I'm the basic one. He's the universal one. He is Andrew Page, the man who invented strawman.com, who breathed life into its still body, animated it from nothing and proved that immaculate conception really is a thing.

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Mr. Page, how are you? Good, mate. You got me chuckling with that one because we do put the B in basic, don't we? And B in BS.

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That's a whole different conversation. That's a whole other thing too, yes. Mate, this is another pre-recorded podcast, an insert the usual joke. I am somewhere towards heading home at this point, I suspect,

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