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Why Milton Friedman Supported a Guaranteed Income | 5 Reasons
Why Milton Friedman Supported a Guaranteed Income | 5 Reasons
This is Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize winning libertarian economist who adamantly opposed big government.
Matt Orfalea
Feb 26
What is There to Learn From Finland’s Basic Income Experiment? Did It Succeed or Fail?
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What is There to Learn From Finland’s Basic Income Experiment? Did It Succeed or Fail?
Evaluating the Preliminary Results of a Partial UBI and Slightly Less Bureaucracy
Scott Santens
Feb 14
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Top 10 Basic Income Articles of 2018
Top 10 Basic Income Articles of 2018
A look back at my favorite UBI reads of the year
Scott Santens
Jan 24
The Case for Hierarchy
The Case for Hierarchy
a better way to organize our government and society
Conrad Shaw
Jan 15
Kanoodling with the Enemy
Kanoodling with the Enemy
agreeing with Job Guarantee advocates
Conrad Shaw
Dec 19, 2018
What People Get Most Wrong About Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
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What People Get Most Wrong About Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about the idea of basic income (UBI). This article is meant to correct what people get most…
Scott Santens
Dec 8, 2018
A Rights-Based Basic Income
A Rights-Based Basic Income
When the topic of basic income arises, people often ask me: “Why should we pay people to do nothing?” We generally think that hard word…
John McCone
Nov 30, 2018
The Zombification of Intellectual Property and the Tool That Could Finally Reform It
The Zombification of Intellectual Property and the Tool That Could Finally Reform It
How IP-Funded Basic Income Could Enrich the Public Domain
Scott Santens
Nov 12, 2018
Doug Ford Cancelled Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Experiment Because It Was Working
Doug Ford Cancelled Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Experiment Because It Was Working
Ontario should demand the completion of the OBIP experiment in the name of empirical evidence and human research ethics
Scott Santens
Sep 17, 2018
The Ontario pilot makes it clear — people want basic income
The Ontario pilot makes it clear — people want basic income
“It makes me feel dignified, even when society didn’t see my dignity.”
Jim Pugh
Aug 30, 2018
What We Need to Truly Thrive: Democracy and Unconditional Basic Income
What We Need to Truly Thrive: Democracy and Unconditional Basic Income
This is a speech I wrote for a keynote in Ireland for DemCon 2018.
Scott Santens
Aug 6, 2018
One Thing to Build a More Open World: Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
One Thing to Build a More Open World: Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
The video below was created for The Economist’s Open Future contest where everyone has one minute to change the world. This is my minute.
Scott Santens
Jul 30, 2018
Basic Income is EASILY affordable.
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Basic Income is EASILY affordable.
Basic Income — a regular payment of money for every resident citizen, regardless of their circumstances, sufficient to pay for essentials.
Robert Jameson
Jun 15, 2018
How Not to Bungle the Revolution
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How Not to Bungle the Revolution
Universal Basic Income vs the Federal Job Guarantee
Conrad Shaw
Jun 12, 2018
The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
How to convert an economy based on fear to one based on joy
Scott Santens
May 19, 2018
It’s Time for Technology to Serve all Humankind with Unconditional Basic Income
It’s Time for Technology to Serve all Humankind with Unconditional Basic Income
The 1-hr case for unconditional basic income as summarized by UBI advocate Scott Santens for a keynote speech delivered in November of…
Scott Santens
Apr 13, 2018
Philanthropy is Broken
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Philanthropy is Broken
and Kickstarter is hobbled, but basic income can fix them both
Conrad Shaw
Apr 1, 2018
18 Reasons to Support Basic Income
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18 Reasons to Support Basic Income
As much time as I spend talking about basic income, I support the policy for so many distinct reasons I have trouble keeping track of all…
Owen Poindexter
Mar 26, 2018
This Idea Can Literally Change the World: Partial Basic Income through Universal Carbon Dividends
This Idea Can Literally Change the World: Partial Basic Income through Universal Carbon Dividends
A Bipartisan Free Market Solution to Climate Change Through Atmospheric Justice
Scott Santens
Mar 1, 2018
Universal Basic Income: The Maslow Argument
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Universal Basic Income: The Maslow Argument
In 1954 Abraham Maslow published his landmark work Motivation and Personality. A true stalwart that you’ll find being taught in virtually…
Phil Andrews
Dec 6, 2017
Feminism and the Basic Income
Feminism and the Basic Income
Why we should all be feminists…and why all feminists should support the basic income.
The Politics Guy
Dec 1, 2017
The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart
The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart
Robots are hiding in plain sight. It’s time we stop ignoring them.
Scott Santens
Oct 24, 2017
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