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human
Would universal basic income be more effective and efficient as a minimum wage replacement?
gpt
No, minimum wage and UBI do two completely different things. Minimum wage exists to alleviate labor market monopsony power that enables employers to depress wages. Only a minimum wage set at the market clearing wage can fully counteract this monopsony power. Giving everyone money may give them a temporary safety net, but it isn't anywhere as effective as a minimum wage at doing what the minimum wage was intended to do.