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Basic Income Guarantee Would Provide Economic Security
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best during a November 1967 lecture, “We are demanding an emergency program to provide employment for everyone in need of a job, or if a work program is impractical, a guaranteed annual income at levels that sustain life in decent circumstances. It is
One Thing to Build a More Open World: Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
The video below was created for The Economist's Open Future contest [https://www.economist.com/openfuture/video-contest] where everyone has one minute to change the world. This is my minute. The one thing I would change is no power to say NO... No. I will not work for
Unconditional Basic Income Would Fix a Major Flaw in Markets
Do you like markets? Well, whether you like them or not, they're pretty effective in most cases. The ability for two people to make an exchange where both feel they leave the exchange better off than prior to the exchange is a powerful thing. It's a
The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income
Every year since 2002 [http://usbig.net/congresses.php#past], there is a North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress [https://medium.com/basic-income/notes-of-discussions-in-the-north-american-basic-income-guarantee-congress-of-2015-56607ceb9362] held in either the US or Canada. On the eve of this year’s NABIG in Hamilton, Ontario [https://www.basicincomecanada.org/nabig_congress_2018_registration_
The Future of the Labor Movement Rests on the Achievement of Universal Basic Income
Today is May Day and International Workers Day and Labour Day, and beyond recognizing the past victories of the labor movement in achieving milestones like the 8-hour day and the 40-hour week, we really need to talk about the future of the labor movement in a world increasingly automated by
Don't Make People in Need Jump Through Hoops for Food
The Trump administration has recently proposed adding what I consider to be some pretty counterproductive new requirements for SNAP [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/12/gop-proposes-stricter-work-requirements-for-food-stamp-recipients-a-step-toward-a-major-overhaul-of-the-social-safety-net/] (aka food stamp) recipients. In response to this, I immediately signed a public statement in defense of SNAP as an
It's Time for Technology to Serve All Humankind with Universal Basic Income (UBI)
The text below is a speech I wrote for a keynote in Sweden in late 2017. The PowerPoint is downloadable [https://www.slideshare.net/ScottSantens/cutting-the-gordian-knot-of-technological-unemployment] , as is a video recording [https://vimeo.com/242456791] of the speech itself. This article has been translated into: French, [https://www.revenudebasevilleray.com/
Here's what I said about automated vehicles and basic income at the House of Commons of Canada
Below is the audio and text of the short speech I delivered to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities at the Canadian House of Commons on March 28, 2018 as an expert called to answer questions as part of a big study they are doing on Automated and
Universal Basic Income Cryptocurrencies Like Manna are Pioneering the Way Towards Decentralized Targeting
I've provided an introduction to the cryptocurrency "Manna" in a previous blog entry [http://www.scottsantens.com/manna-universal-basic-income-cryptocurrency-whitepaper-news] , so if you've never heard of it, please start by reading that first, before coming back here to dive deeper. There's something about Manna
This Idea Can Literally Change the World: Universal Basic Income Through Carbon Pricing
A Bipartisan Free Market Solution to Climate Change Through Atmospheric Justice September 2, 2021 update: It’s been almost four years now since I originally wrote this article. Currently a huge reconciliation bill is working its way through Congress [https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-policy-in-budget-reconciliation/] with a portion of the bill meant
