Defenses of a universal basic income (UBI) often focus on the efficiency gains of replacing leaky, ad hoc social safety nets with the simpler UBI; the labor market lubrication that goes with workers knowing they’ll have an income if they choose to change jobs or start their own business; and…

Ten years ago Brink Lindsey, a scholar at the Cato Institute, penned a speculative marriage proposal between libertarians and liberals. This proposal followed shortly after the 2006 midterm elections in which Democrats had seized control of the House of Representatives, achieved narrow control of the Senate, and won a majority…