Recently I finished reading a book by Rober Heinlein called "For Us, The Living". The main gist of the story is that a man gets into a road accident in 1939 and somehow gets transported into 2086. The 2086 United States is vastly different from that of the year 1939. The main difference there is that the government takes care of everybody. There are some very complicated, (and I must say very well thought-out) economic theories involved, but the government pays a fixed amount of money to every individual on a regular basis regardless of whether they work. This money is quite enough to keep one living comfortably. So, basically, nobody has to work in order to make a living. Still, a big majority of the populace does work, and they get paid more for their work and paid handsomely. With that extra money they improve their lifestyle further.
Given that this can be economically achieved, would man still want to work? And insomuchas that the money can be utilized to improve one's life, no matter how good the government allowance is, wouldn't there still be crime based on money?
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