PositiveForbesNow in her book, Lowrey brings first-hand accounts of struggling workers all over the world in a series of chapters that exhaustively highlight all the reasons for basic income, from fears of technological unemployment to the more libertarian dream of replacing bureaucracy with simple cash welfare. What stands out about each story is how hard it is to blame her characters for being anything other than victims of an unfair system. Lowrey makes it easy to empathize with each subject, as they make decisions that seem reasonable and indicative of hard work, yet still can\'t get themselves out of bad economic circumstances ... At times, I wished Lowrey had cut out much of the laborious work on summarizing all the latest research and opinions on the topic and instead focused more on the personal stories ... What the book excels at, and I suspect will make it a must-read as basic income becomes a more mainstream idea from future presidential candidates, is showing the human side of how so many other welfare alternatives fail ... an enjoyable read.
