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== Additional Notable Quotes == | |||
=== On Labor Market Disruption from Automation === | |||
<blockquote>"The robots are already here - they're just wearing white collars."</blockquote> | |||
—Andrew Yang, ''CNN Town Hall'' (2019), April 14, 2019 | |||
=== On Economic Measurement in Digital Economy === | |||
<blockquote>"GDP is a terrible measurement of national well-being."</blockquote> | |||
—Andrew Yang, ''Democratic Primary Debate'' (2019), October 15, 2019 | |||
=== On Creative Destruction in AI Era === | |||
<blockquote>"We're in the fourth inning of the greatest economic transformation in history, and we're pretending it's not happening."</blockquote> | |||
—Andrew Yang, ''Freakonomics Podcast'' (2019), July 31, 2019 | |||
Revision as of 20:31, 12 August 2025
Andrew Yang
Biography
American entrepreneur, author, and political figure. Leading advocate for Universal Basic Income in response to automation.
School of Thought
Technology Policy
Notable Quotes
On Universal Basic Income and AI
"We're in the third inning of the greatest economic transformation in human history."
—Andrew Yang, The War on Normal People (2018), p. 5, Hachette Books
On Universal Basic Income and AI
"Universal Basic Income is capitalism where income doesn't start at zero."
—Andrew Yang, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy (2021), p. 187, Crown
Additional Notable Quotes
On Labor Market Disruption from Automation
"The robots are already here - they're just wearing white collars."
—Andrew Yang, CNN Town Hall (2019), April 14, 2019
On Economic Measurement in Digital Economy
"GDP is a terrible measurement of national well-being."
—Andrew Yang, Democratic Primary Debate (2019), October 15, 2019
On Creative Destruction in AI Era
"We're in the fourth inning of the greatest economic transformation in history, and we're pretending it's not happening."
—Andrew Yang, Freakonomics Podcast (2019), July 31, 2019