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Minimum Wages vs. Universal Basic Income
Below is the full audio (with text) of my commentary originally recorded for WNYC's The Takeaway for a discussion about reconsidering the minimum wage [http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/reconsidering-minimum-wage/], of which only a small portion was aired. It is available here now in its entirety. Audio: Text:
Trickle-Down Economics Must Die, Long Live Grown-Up Economics
The myth of inequality-driven economic growth and how to achieve real prosperity for all “Economics, as it has been practiced in the last three decades, has been positively harmful for most people.” — Economist Ha-Joon Chang For over thirty years we’ve treated something as fact which is actually false. Economists
Multimedia Appearances
Note: I'm no longer updating this list. Please use my YouTube playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhMtYULkYuH85n9HcJBd3p4dnrzPCzUI] instead. A collection of my appearances in order of newest to oldest: The Tim Black Show (September 5, 2019) Hill of Roses Candidate Supporter Debate (September 1, 2019) Nerds
Our Paradoxical Economy Courtesy of Technology and the Lack of Basic Income
The Question of Slowing Productivity Amidst Rising Automation The latest numbers are in [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c4f2a1cc39df4ed0ae6e9b1cea53b2c9/job-markets-new-normal-smaller-workforce-sluggish-pay] , and there are now more people not working in the U.S. as a percentage of the total population, than ever in the last 38 years. Some are already asking
If You Want to Pass Stuff Like TPP... We're Going to Need Basic Income
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) [https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp] is a "free trade [http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/24/what-weve-learned-from-nafta/nafta-successfully-undermined-regulations] " treaty that at this point may be Dead on Arrival (DOA) [http://www.cnbc.com/id/102760609] (though the loss is not guaranteed). If
A Game of Musical Chairs Over Hot Coals
There's a common belief that people who don't have jobs somehow just aren't trying hard enough, and this belief is therefore based on the idea that there are enough jobs for everyone. To get a job, all one really needs to do is just
Do We Have Enough Space Bucks?
Possibly the most frequently asked question of all by those newly introduced to the idea of a truly universal and unconditional basic income is essentially: That sounds way too expensive... Can we actually afford such an idea? Now, others have responded to this question conceptually, and I've even
The Basic Affordability of Basic Income
This is actually even what the richest should want, because although they would pay more in taxes for universal basic income, leaving them a slightly thinner although still very thick slice of the overall pie, the slice of the pie itself would grow, leaving even them better off as well.
Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck
The imminent need for basic income in recognition of our machine-driven future Late last year, I took a road trip with my partner from our home in New Orleans, Louisiana to Orlando, Florida and as we drove by town after town, we got to talking about the potential effects self-driving
Basic Income as Paid Parental Leave
Once again John Oliver has shone a light on something important we tend to not discuss, and that is the way we in the United States collectively treat those who just gave birth. We force them right back to work. That part at the end... where they show the mothers