New book Job-Less Utopia argues UBI is viable and desirable in an AGI-driven post-labor economy
mhutter42 · x · 2026-10-02
The 270-page book Job-Less Utopia: Macroeconomics in the Age of AGI is now orderable worldwide. It argues AGI and robotics will decouple productivity from labor, that maintaining full employment breeds hyper-competition and BS jobs, and that UBI or structurally adapted welfare is both economically viable and desirable, covering redistribution mechanics, taxation ideas like land value tax and BS-Tax, and the social transition ahead.
Related event: AGI Pioneer Marcus Hutter Publishes Book on Post-Labor Economics and UBI(3 posts)→
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