For example, the author does not appear to realize that the reason most people work is to exchange their time and efforts for something they value more, which is usually money but could be experience or other things, in any combination.
We could start paying citizens a base salary, but that salary would be rather low. And with a large part of the population not working we need to figure out how to finance these citizen salaries. Preferably in a way that don't drive business and money to other countries.
Countries compete for industry and there is a race to the bottom re cost of operating a business in a country. I have a hard to to reconcile how the trend with increasing automation and, anti work, basic income and global business.