Debate 5 - Policy
 Prof. Jack Reilly
 S2026

Resolution
To ameliorate future disruption in the labor market caused by artificial intelligence, the United States should implement a universal basic income.
Affirm
	Negate
	Jury
	
Team 3
	Team 2
	Team 1
	
Teams
Amendments and Adjustments
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1.	Constructive (4 min per team)
•	1 min prep
2.	Cross-Examination (8 min total, back and forth)
•	2 min prep
3.	Rebuttal (2.5 min per team)
•	1 min prep
4.	Final Focus (1 min per team)
Judge’s Notes
•	This debate may require additional external research. Some places to start on UBI (Universal Basic Income):
–	“What is Universal Basic Income” Stanford Basic Income Lab.
–	Flowers, 2016. “What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money?” FiveThirtyEight.com.
•	The version at archive.org renders better now: Archive.org link
–	Bidadanure, 2019. “The Political Theory of Universal Basic Income”
–	Pettit, 2008. “A Republican Right to Basic Income?”