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The 200-Year Experiment: How a 'Privileged' Basic Income in Brazil Proves We Can Afford to Be Universal
From $500 to $15,000 a Month: How Decades of Data Prove That an Unconditional Basic Income Guarantee Fuels Ambition Instead of Laziness What if I told you that the Portuguese Empire accidentally ran one of the most comprehensive basic income experiments in human history? Not a one-year or two-year
The $1,000 Lie: Why Trump Accounts Are the Wrong Answer to the Right Question
Billionaires are lining up to seed investment accounts for kids, but we already know how to end child poverty — and waiting until age 18 isn’t it In December 2025, something ostensibly remarkable happened. Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to fund new “Trump Accounts” for American children.
Finland Gave Two Groups Identical Payments. One Experienced 33% Better Mental Health.
New research from Finland's basic income experiment proves that simply trusting people with money—not just the money itself—significantly improves mental health There’s a revolution happening in mental health treatment, and it’s not coming from pharmaceutical companies or therapy offices. It’s coming from something
Eduardo Porter is Still Wrong About UBI and AI: A Response to The Guardian
Universal Basic Income Isn’t a Job Replacement Plan—It’s an AI Dividend and Stable Income Floor That Protects Work, Wages, and Democracy Eduardo Porter’s new Guardian piece is built around a familiar move: treat universal basic income as a single, maximalist policy meant to replace paychecks, then
Elon Musk is Wrong About Basic Income and Crime: Here is the Pile of Evidence He Ignored
Why Elon Musk is wrong about the Finland experiment, and why we must stop ignoring the massive body of evidence that proves poverty is a policy choice that drives crime There is a Zombie Lie circulating on social media right now, and unfortunately, the richest man in the world just
The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
READ ON MY SUBSTACK The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) just did something most governments still insist is impossible. They passed and funded a nationwide, legally established, permanent universal basic income, and almost no one outside the Pacific and a few crypto news sites is talking about it yet.
Irish Government Proposes Basic Income For Artists
Irish government plans to implement permanent basic income program of €325 ($361) a week for 2,000 professionals in the creative sector; an expert backs the initiative The following is the English translation of an article I was interviewed for, written by Eduardo Lemos Marti for UBC (União Brasileira de
It's Time to Walk the Walk for Universal Basic Income (UBI)
This post is not meant to change anyone's mind about the need for Universal Basic Income. If you don't support it, I'm not here today to convince you otherwise. This post is meant for all those who already know they, and everybody else, absolutely
The Reports of UBI’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: The Mountain of Positive Results vs. Some Pandemic-Era Null Results
Originally published on my Substack on September 13. Reposted here to place this Universal Basic Income evidence review in my site’s searchable archive and internal link network—improving discoverability for “UBI evidence,” “cash transfers,” “saturation site pilots,” and "null results.” See also these two studies as two brand
Andrew Yang Has Begun Paying People to Use Their Phones Less
Introducing Noble Mobile and Its Monthly Data Dividend For those who have followed my work for years, you already know that I've considered Andrew Yang a friend since before he ever launched his presidential campaign back in 2017. He ran in the Democratic primary with universal basic income
