Question
Philippe Van Parijs ("pah-REE") asked, "what (if anything) can justify capitalism?" in a 1995 book advocating this policy that theorized the concept of "real freedom." Finland became the first country to implement this policy during a trial from 2017 to 2018. The results of this policy can be replicated by a kind of "negative tax" championed by Milton Friedman. An example of this policy, which definitionally does not use means testing, is enacted by a (*) Permanent Fund supported by Alaska's oil revenue. To counter the effects of automation, a program of this type called the Freedom Dividend was proposed by Andrew Yang. For 10 points, name this type of welfare program that transfers money to all citizens, regardless of need. ■END■
ANSWER: universal basic income [or UBI; or guaranteed income; or unconditional basic income; or citizen's income; or basic income guarantee; or universal demogrant; accept the Freedom Dividend or Permanent Fund Dividend or dividend until "dividend" is read; prompt on social security; prompt on welfare until read; prompt on government payment]
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 7 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 51.43 |