At this vision's core is Universal Basic Income, the concept of providing all citizens with a guaranteed income-and one that is rapidly gaining popularity among forward-thinking politicians and economists. In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future-one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment.

The future looks dire-but is it unavoidable? The consequences of these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation software are making millions of Americans' livelihoods irrelevant. In The War on Normal People, Andrew Yang paints a dire portrait of the American economy. In a future marked by restlessness and chronic unemployment, what will happen to American society?

One recent estimate predicts 45 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next twelve years-jobs that won't be replaced. The shift toward automation is about to create a tsunami of unemployment. Yang proposes that UBI is an essential step toward a new, more durable kind of economy, one he calls 'human capitalism.The New York Times bestseller from CNN Political Commentator and 2020 former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, this thought-provoking and prescient call-to-action outlines the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income (UBI), to stabilize our economy amid rapid technological change and automation. In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future - one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment. The consequences are these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. One recent estimate predicts 13 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next seven years-jobs that won't be replaced. From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes-and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy-now available in paperback.

The war on normal people by andrew yang