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SimpleXYZ on July 2, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basi...

In theory, a basic income should shift wages from skill to demand. For example, sanitation workers and doctors would get a high wage whereas video game designer wages would drop. (You won't care about a video game when there is 3' of garbage on your lawn.)

ocb on July 2, 2015 [–]

I don't think demand is the word you're looking for... Maybe necessity or importance?

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