This is the third part in a series on the Universal Basic Income. Read part oneExplained: What is Universal Basic Income?, and part twoUBI explained: Is a minimum wage programme better than Universal Basic Income? In our previous discussions, we saw how UBI is a useful tool in the battle...
“With the right policies, we could smooth the transition and even usher in a 3-day workweek,” Khosla explained, while adding that in 10 years’ time, a million two-legged robots could have already taken over various drudge work.
Based on the idea of universal service, the direct beneficiaries of the USF are rural, low-income and geographically isolated communities, as well as tribal lands. Without USF subsidies, services such as basic wireless service, internet connectivity and high-speed connectivity are considerably more e...
Neither the investment returns nor the principal invested is in any way guaranteed by the insurance company or any government agency. Variable Death Benefit One of the basic features of a VUL policy is that the death benefit is fully adjustable. You can start out with a death benefit of $300...
was consulted by Sifuentes in connection with obtaining stills from the 1933 King Kong movie from RKO for use by Tiger in connection with the granting of the Tiger license. Sifuentes at the time was unaware of Donkey Kong, and Tiger explained its interest as just an interest in old movies...
The various risks and opportunities encountered within the Group's supply chain are explained in detail below. Procurement Risks and Opportunities The company purchases a wide range of raw materials, components, parts and services from suppliers and is consequently exposed to the risks of unexpected ...
This may seem contradictory at first glance, but can be explained by the difference in the essential issues addressed by these two questions. The first has to do with the notion of national solidarity, whereas the second reflects (mis)trust in central government per se. Given this finding, ...
This can be explained by the fact than more than 95 % of the French population do not pay out-of-pocket charges for examinations, fillings, extractions and endodontics [28]. A 2018 case study on the cost of dental treatments also confirmed that France is one of the 3 countries with ...
For example, when examining the net-benefit regression results (Table 7) it can be noted that only a small fraction (3.4%) of the variability in cost-effectiveness can be explained by covariates used in the analysis. This is very small and points to the existence of unknown important ...
These socioeconomic factors explained the main trends inmorbidity and mortality.The Commission’sinvestigations can be summarized in three findings. First,while there had been improvements in healthindicators and increases in life ex-pectancy inmost countries,there wereconsiderable inequities between people...