Jorge Rosales published an article entitled “An income for all Chileans (for being Chilean) instead of the Minimum Guaranteed Income” in the digital media of investigative journalism, CIPER.
The publication addresses the issue of the social outbreak of October 18, reviewing the proposed Minimum Guaranteed Income declared by the government, comparing it with the Universal Basic Income that some countries are discussing to combat unemployment caused by automation.
What is Universal Basic Income?
The Universal Basic Income is an amount that the State guarantees to the citizens, regardless of whether they are laborly active or not. This proposal arose after job losses as a result of business automation.
According to CIPER data, in Chile 51% of jobs in retail have the potential to be automated, which would cause losses of up to 800,000 jobs.
For this reason, a Universal Basic Income for all Chilean citizens could be an alternative to combat unemployment and the great wage inequality of the country, which we remember, concentrates 33% of income in 1% corresponding to the richest population in Chile.
