McKinsey Quarterly (25.07.2016) The technical potential for automation differs dramatically across sectors and activities. As automation technologies such as machine learning and robotics play an increasingly great role in everyday life, their potential effect on the workplace has, unsurprisingly, become a major focus of research and public concern. The discussion tends toward a Manichean guessing game: which jobs will or won’t be replaced by machines?

Le Monde (25.07.2017) Le président américain met tout son poids dans la balance pour enjoindre les sénateurs républicains à ouvrir les débats sur l’abrogation du système de santé

CNBC (13.07.2017) Health care accounts for 16.6 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. Despite the amount the U.S. spends on health care, its system ranks dead last in a study of 11 high-income countries. The U.S. is the only nation included in the study that does not offer universal health insurance coverage.

El País (18.07.2017) El rechazo de cuatro senadores al proyecto auspiciado por el presidente impide su aprobación parlamentaria. Trump pide un nuevo proyecto

Le Temps (18.07.2017) Quatre des 52 sénateurs républicains ont voté contre la dernière mouture du Trumpcare, alors qu'au minimum 50 voix étaient requises. A la place, les sénateurs voteront pour abroger des éléments centraux de l'Obamacare

Le Monde (12.07.2017) Aux Etats-Unis, Ivanka Trump pourrait bien être à l’origine du tout premier congé maternité rémunéré du pays.

Le Temps (27.06.2017) Plusieurs sénateurs républicains font de la résistance à la loi de réforme du système de santé censée mettre fin à l'Obamacare, et qui privera d'assurance 22 millions de personnes. Le vote souhaité pour la fin de semaine semble en mauvaise posture

Forbes (26.01.2016)  There are 53 million freelancers in America today. By 2020, 50% of the U.S. workforce will be freelancers (this does not mean they are all full-time freelancers, but one of every two workers will be freelancers in some capacity). This on-demand work, instant gig economy is moving more and more into independent professionals that are using mobile and technology to create ecosystems of work they enjoy. Who says you can’t drive an Uber in the morning, design websites all afternoon, and cater your own food company at night?

A promise of equal opportunity

“Basic income” would be an amount sufficient to secure basic needs as a permanent earnings floor no one could fall beneath, and would replace many of today’s temporary benefits, which are given only in case of emergency, and/or only to those who successfully pass the applied qualification tests. UBI would be a promise of equal opportunity, not equal outcome, a new starting line set above the poverty line.