Basic Income MOOCs Lesson for Asia Asia University, Taiwan
Basic Income Main reading materials Part 1: Warm Up Questions How much money do you think an adult living in Taiwan, would need each month (at least) in order to live a dignified life? Do you think giving a certain amount of money unconditionally to every adult is a good idea? Why or why not? What are three circumstances in which you that, the government should give money unconditionally to people? Part 2: Conversation Speaker 1 Wow! Aren’t you excited that, we will be graduating in only ___ more years? I can’t wait until I start making lots of money. Speaker 2 No, I’m really scared! In fact, I’m thinking about going to graduate school, just so I can prolong my happy college days for a couple more years. Speaker 1 Are you kidding? You want to take out more students loans and stay in school just because you’re too lazy to get a job and start working? Speaker 2 I’m not lazy and I hate taking on more debt. The problem is, there are not enough jobs f