Advantage 18 – Unconditional basic income

Excerpt from the book »Gradido – Natural Economy of Life«

»It is not the task of the economy to create jobs. On the contrary, the economy has the task to liberate people from work.«

– Götz W. Werner

founder of the initiative »Unternimm die Zukunft [Undertake the future]«

Although we definitely prefer the active basic income, the option of an unconditional basic income is also conceivable. An unconditional basic income is being increasingly discussed in public. It divides people into two camps – the proponents, who see it as the solution to many problems, and the opponents, who have legitimate doubts about whether all goods society needs would be produced if there was an unconditional income.

As far as we can judge, an unconditional basic income of a reasonable amount cannot be funded in the old system, and if it can be, then only in rich countries. Should the movement for an unconditional basic income develop into a strong political force, there will be no other option but to seek a better monetary system. The Natural Economy of Life is the ideal solution in this case. We do not need to debate financial feasibility as the gradido is created from the basic income.