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The Progressive Case for Replacing the Welfare State with Universal Basic Income
(This article was originally published on techcrunch.com [https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/09/the-progressive-case-for-replacing-the-welfare-state-with-basic-income/] ) It appears some establishment voices have picked up on a way of opposing the idea of the monthly citizen dividend of about $1,000 per month, known as universal basic income (UBI), in a way
Olympians and the Great Myth of Meritocracy
The Olympics provides a great opportunity to take a closer look at the popular myth of meritocracy, where winners come out on top thanks to hard work and losers simply just weren’t good enough. That the discussion during this most recent Olympics has been centered so much around performance-enhancing
Forget the future of work. What about the future of consumption?
Discussing the future of work is all the rage these days. Some say we're on the verge of the robot apocalypse of jobs. Others say jobs will always be created in sufficient numbers (and at sufficient rates) and that everything will be fine. Regular readers know where I
Giving Goods vs. Giving Money
I love watching documentaries and one of my recent favorites on Netflix, aside from Noam Chomsky's "Requiem for the American Dream", is "Poverty, Inc." I highly recommend just watching the entire film yourself, but there is one story from it that is one of
Why Switzerland’s basic income idea is not crazy
Seven out of 10 voters fully expect another referendum in Switzerland, and the beginning of a necessary national conversation This article was originally published on POLITICO [https://www.politico.eu/article/unconditional-basic-income-news-why-switzerlands-basic-income-idea-is-not-crazy-vote-referendum/] Switzerland has voted against [https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerlands-voters-reject-plan-provide-base-income-for-all-francs-referendum-welfare-democracy/] providing everyone a monthly
The Results of the Basic Income Referendum in Switzerland
Today is the day Switzerland voted on the idea of an unconditional basic income. It is a first. It is historic. It is direct democracy in action. As I write this here from inside the campaign headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, the polls are still open and people are still voting,
Last Month in Basic Income... A Summary of April 2016
Continuing my pledge to monthly summarize the growth of the basic income movement worldwide (that’s the bipartisan call to change your monthly starting point from $0 to somewhere above the poverty line instead), it’s time again to look back at the previous month. You can read last month’
A Guide to Basic Income: Frequently Asked Questions about UBI
Over the years I've been asked many questions about the idea of an unconditional universal basic income guarantee. Some questions are asked far more than others, and so I've made a point of writing various articles to answer many of these questions. Whatever question you may
Last Month in Basic Income... A Summary of March 2016
Basic income as a global movement around an idea is officially spreading like wildfire. According to Google Trends, interest in the idea has quadrupled just in the past three months. Source: Google Trends [https://www.google.com.sg/trends/explore#q=%22basic%20income%22&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%
Humanity Needs Universal Basic Income in Order to Stop Impeding Progress
Human beings are waking up early in the mornings to drive to offices to perform imaginary business in imaginary markets involving imaginary customers using imaginary money to buy imaginary goods and services instead of simply enjoying their non-imaginary and most definitely real lives with each other. I believe Richard Feynman
