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View ArticleUBI — Lessons from the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Program
The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program provides insights on how a Universal Basic Income program would work and its impacts.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleIn Defense Of Andrew Yang’s Radical Centrism
As the democratic primary debates heat up, more and more eyes are being glued to the most eclectic candidate in political history..Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleHow Much Basic Income Can We Afford?
Basic income advocates often encounter the objection, “We can’t afford it!” But are the critics asking the right question?Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleFree TV Licences Are the Wrong Way to Help the Elderly
The better approach is the Basic Income approach.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleBasic Income Could Be Coming to the UK
A general election seems imminent — and Labour’s planning for Basic Income.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleWould a UBI Reduce Work Incentives? Some Answers from Econ 101
A properly designed UBI that replaced dysfunctional elements of our current welfare system would increase work incentives.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleMore Realistic Approaches to National Wealth Creation
Universal Basic Income, The 15-Hour Work Week & Eradicating GDPContinue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleWhat Can Welfare Experiments of the 1970s Tell Us About a UBI?
Critics say that experiments conducted in the 1970s show that a UBI would not work, but that is a misinterpretation of the evidence.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleBasic Income: Who Are The Naysayers?
And what are the real roots of their objections?Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleThe Green Push for a Basic Income
Lessons from the Green Party’s Basic Income plans for the UK.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleClass Reunion — A Letter to the Ultra-Wealthy
How UBI Can Bring Us TogetherContinue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticlePutting Everyone to Work: UBI, Wage Subsidies, or Both?
A UBI and wage subsidies are often viewed as alternatives for getting more people to work. They would be even more effective if combined.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleMLK’s Last Sermon, 4 Days Before Assassination
https://medium.com/media/2e41bc7deb879c8b6383476af9688c9a/hrefThere must be something positive and massive in order to get rid of all the effects of racism and the tragedies of racial injustice.But...
View ArticleWhy Yang Needs To Be President — Not VP
If The One With The Vision Is Not In Power The Vision Can SufferContinue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleBeyond Basic Income: The Case for Integrated Cash Assistance
A UBI would fight poverty and encourage work better than our current welfare system but Integrated Cash Assistance would do better stillContinue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleHow Andrew Yang Gave Me Hope For Democracy
When I took a day off of my bartending job in the summer of 2018 to head into Midtown Manhattan for a follow-up interview for an…Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleScarcity, UBI, and The Gift
“We have to move from a mindset of scarcity to a mindset of abundance,” Andrew Yang echoes throughout auditoriums, diners and other…Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleSafety Net Reform for the Job Apocalypse
Automation and AI are sure to disrupt the job market in years to come. We had better be ready.Continue reading on Basic Income »
View ArticleThe Misguided Altruism of the Federal Job Guarantee
Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on UnsplashThe idea of a Federal Job Guarantee comes from a place of compassion for the beleaguered working class. Champions of the policy like Bernie Sanders, a...
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