The War on Normal People

The War on Normal People
First edition cover
AuthorAndrew Yang
Audio read byAndrew Yang
Cover artistJette Productions (photo)[1]
Amanda Kain (design)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Subject
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherHachette Books
Publication date
April 3, 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), e-book
Pages304
ISBN978-0-316-41424-1 (hardcover)
331.2/36
LC ClassHC79.I5 Y348 2018

The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future is a 2018 book written by Andrew Yang, an American entrepreneur and Venture for America founder, who would later run as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on policy strategies discussed in the book. It was published by Hachette Books in the United States on April 3, 2018. A paperback edition was released on April 2, 2019. Yang narrated an audiobook version released on YouTube in September 2018.

Focusing on domestic issues, the book discusses technological change, automation, job displacement, the U.S. economy, and what Yang describes as the need for a universal basic income (UBI). Yang argues that "as technology continues to make many jobs obsolete, the government must take concrete steps to ensure economic stability for residents of the United States," including the provision of a UBI, which is one of three central policies of Yang's 2020 presidential campaign.