[Ginny Holbert]
SUMMARY: In a follow up to their video, PBS Reports, the Swiss native and Harvard Business School professor suggests that Europeans and Americans have differing beliefs about the causes of rising income inequality. Because Europeans are more likely to believe that wealth is attributable to luck and inheritance, they are more likely to support redistributive policies such as the proposed Swiss basic income guarantee.
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, “Will a guaranteed income ever come to America?” PBS Newshour, April 7, 2014
Could America ever seriously entertain a guaranteed basic income? Above, members of 'Generation Basic Income' in Switzerland post with 8 million Swiss coins after securing a ballot referendum on an uncondition basic income. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images via PBS
