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Topic: Protecting People Against Economic Devastation Wrought by Disease Outbreaks and Technological Changes: A Case for Guaranteed Basic Income Program

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Disease Pandemic The term disease pandemic was mostly talked about in books or in small areas throughout the world but with the most recent covid-19 pandemic we are now witnessing for the first time an infectious disease on a global scale. History has mentioned many ancient infectious diseases such as leprosy, the Spanish flu, or the black plague. All which were dealt with and handled without vaccines or modern medicine. After modern medicine and the modern era, we have still witnessed infectious diseases such as Aids, Sars and most recently covid-19. It is important for us to understand where these diseases originate and the effect it has not only on our health but also the economy. Through this assignment we will focus on the three most recent infectious diseases and their effect on our daily lives. Firstly, we can focus on the oldest of the modern infectious diseases and that being the Aids virus. It is uncertain where Aids originate from as some believe Aids came from" the African green monkey or it was an aberrant virus that escaped from a germ warfare laboratory" (Michal C. Lathem: aids in Africa). It is mostly considered to originate in the continent of Africa. Many studies are ongoing with this virus and although there has been break throughs with modern medicine there is no cure or vaccine has been created for this virus that has been around over a hundred years. With the virus being heavily concentrated in Africa it is a great concern for underdeveloped countries without the proper resources to control the spread of the virus. A great concern for this pandemic includes "the thousands of children whose parents have died from Aids and who will be wards of the state" (Michael C. Latham: Aids in Africa) Secondly, we investigate the infectious disease SARS also known as "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome". Unlike Aids and where it originates, we can conclude "the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) can be traced to one man and one night he spent in a Hong Kong hotel on 21 February 2003" (Fiona Fleck: How SARS changed the world) SARS had spread very quickly and is still known for high percentage of death over survival rate. SARS even made its way to Canada and luckily was contained quickly and dealt with accordingly by all nations that saw cases. SARS should have been our eye-opening moment that could have prepared nations on how to deal with a deadly infection disease. Luckily the economy nor was our daily lives really affected by this disease on a large scale as we see with Covid-19 Lastly and the most important infectious disease we focus on is the current pandemic caused by what we call "Covid-19". It is still unknown where Covid-19 originates from as it believed to come from a "bat" but with a more thorough investigation it is being shown to possibly originate from a medical laboratory in the Wuhan province in China. It is confirmed that when "Samples that were taken from the Huanan seafood market's objects and animals were also positive, indicating that this virus is generated from seafood" (Angham G. Hadi: Origin and spread). Covid-19 has been the most world changing infectious disease known to man with it causing every country to handle the situation in their own way causing economic collapses, high unemployment rate and major protesting due to the restrictions and freedoms of democracy being tested. As this is still an ongoing issue only time will tell whether Canada has chosen the right path when dealing with this infectious disease. To conclude, it is important to consider all infectious diseases despite their severity when thinking of the world economy as well as the importance of protecting everyone's health. There is a fine line when it comes to deciding the importance and restrictions required when dealing with such situations. As we look bad on the SARS outbreak or as we still try to figure out a way to vaccinate the people that are still dying from Aids, we can use Covid-19 and how when we put our minds to something we can somehow come up with a quick solution such as vaccines. Perhaps if we give that same dedication to other diseases and the immensely more deadly viruses out there, we will then be able to provide true health and safety to the world.

Technological Unemployment

As technology continues to advance, society is now facing the issue of technological unemployment. Technological unemployment is the result of skilled individuals losing their jobs due to the advancement of technology (Balli, et al., 2020).

In the past, technology created more opportunities in the job market than it reduced mainly affected unskilled workers (Bali, et al., 2020). However, as technology continued to advance, skilled workers are increasingly becoming obsolete (Peters & Jandri?, 2019). Below is a table that displays employment percentage in manufacturing between 1971-2012 in various countries.

Domestic Spending Compared with UBI 52.6 Trillion $2.4 Veteran's Benefits Trillion i Thilton $1 Trillion $5-40.3 Billion Other Security Tram partition Education Safety Net Other Domestic Universal Basic Programs IncomeTable l. Arguments for employing robots rather than human employees Why robots? V' Robots could work 24:"! v" Robots could implement various tasks and expand their scope with software and hardware upgrades V' Robots could provide constant or improving quality of their work V' Robots could full their work correctly and in a timely manner '4' Robots could do routine work repeatedly v' Robots do not complain, get ill, go on strikes, spread rumours, discriminate, quit their job without notice, show negative emotions, shirk from work Why not robots? V' Robots lack creativity v" Robots will not be any time soon completely independent of human supervision V' Robots lack personal approach V' Robots can orientate in structured situations (at least for the moment) V' Robots may (will) be perceived as threat by human employees (e.g. Neo-Luddism movement) Table 1. Percent of Employment in Manufacturing in Selected Countries Year USA France Germany Japan Canada Italy Australia 1971 24.7 28.5 37.4 7.4 1.8 28 24.1 1972 24.3 28.8 36.9 7.3 21.8 27.9 23.5 1973 24.8 28.9 36.7 7.8 2 27.9 23.3 1974 4.2 28.8 36.5 27.6 1.7 28.1 22.9 1975 22.7 28.5 35.7 26.1 20.2 28 21.3 1976 22.8 28 35.2 25.8 19.2 27.7 21.2 1977 22.7 27.7 35.1 25.3 18.8 27.6 20.9 1978 22.7 27.2 34.8 24.8 18.9 27.3 19.9 1979 22.7 26.7 34.5 24.6 19.2 26.9 19.6 1980 22.1 26.3 34 25 19.1 26.9 19.4 1981 21.7 25.8 33.4 25.1 18.5 26.3 19.2 1982 20.4 24.4 32.8 24.7 17.2 25.8 18.6 1983 18.4 24.1 32.2 24.8 16.8 25 17.8 1984 18.5 23.7 32.1 25.2 17.1 23.9 17.3 1985 18.1 23 32.3 25.3 17 23.2 16.1 1986 17.8 22.3 32.3 24.9 17.1 22.9 15.6 1987 17.3 21.8 32 24.4 16.7 22.5 15.4 1988 17.3 21.4 31.6 24.5 16.6 22.6 15.31989 17.2 21.2 31.6 24.5 16.5 22.8 15.1 1990 16.8 21.3 31.6 24.3 15.8 22.6 14.4 1991 16.3 21.1 30.7 24.6 14.8 22.1 13.8 1992 15.9 20.4 29.5 24.6 14.3 22 13.7 1993 15.4 19.7 28.1 23.9 14 24 13.5 1994 15.4 19.3 26.6 23.4 14 24.3 13.5 1995 15.5 19 25.2 22.7 14.4 24.1 13.0 1996 15.3 18.7 24.3 22.5 14.4 23.7 12.8 1997 15.2 18.6 24 22.2 14.8 23.5 12.9 1998 15 18.4 24.1 21.4 15 23.7 12.3 1999 14.3 18.2 23.8 21 15.3 23.4 11.8 2000 14.4 17.9 23.9 20.7 15.3 22.9 12.1 2001 13.5 17.8 23.7 20.2 15 22.4 11.6 2002 12.6 17.4 23.6 19.1 15 22.3 11.5 2003 12.3 17 23.3 18.8 14.6 22.1 11.0 2004 11.8 16.7 23.1 18.3 14.5 21.9 10.9 2005 11.5 16.4 22.2 18.1 13.8 21.6 10.4 2006 11.3 16.1 22 18.3 12.9 21.2 10.0 2007 11.2 15.7 22.2 18.3 12.1 21.2 9.9 2008 10.9 14.6 22.2 18.1 11.5 20.1 9.8 2009 10.2 13.9 20.5 17.3 10.6 19.5 9.3 2010 10.1 13.3 20.1 16.9 10.3 18.9 8.9 2011 10.2 13.4 20 16.8 10.2 19 8.5 2012 10.3 13 19.8 16.6 10.2 18.6 8.4 Source: FRED (2019)