---
title: "Universal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation?"
description: "57% of the world's jobs are at risk of being automated. Universal Basic Income may be our only way out. Here's why."
date: "2016-05-04"
modified: "2016-05-12"
authors:
  - name: "Luke Kingma"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/lukekingmagmail-com"
url: "https://futurism.com/images/universal-basic-income-answer-automation"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "money"
  - "UBI"
  - "universal basic income"
---

# Universal Basic Income: The Answer to Automation?

![Universal Basic Income feature image](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Universal-basic-income-feat.jpg>)

![Universal Basic Income infographic](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Universal-Basic-Income-A-Beginners-Guide_v5-1.webp>)

## Author
Former copywriter turned journalist. Crawled through a river of obtrusive display ads, and came out clean on the other side. Now serving as Head of Creative at Futurism.

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