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Artist Brian Eno just learned about basic income and loves the idea
Here's the podcast [http://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-briefing/817/] where he is interviewed by Georgina Godwin for a special edition of The Briefing. He starts talking about basic income at around 18m30s into it. Transcript by me: > I'm always concerned about, more than anything
The Science Behind A Christmas Carol
First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol is a timeless story that we have cherished ever since, especially during the holidays. The tale by Charles Dickens has been adapted and re-adapted, modified and satired, with such frequency that we may not even recognize it in all its forms. So why
Will Replacing Current Benefits With Cash Tomorrow Leave Today's Recipients Better or Worse Off?
Here's an article I wrote that looks at our current welfare system [https://medium.com/@2noame/breaking-down-without-a-spare-a271a6ef6f7e]. In that article is the following image from this presentation [http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/-alexander-presentation_10063532278.pdf] : This image depicts a single parent with two children living
Negative Income Tax (NIT) and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
A negative income tax (NIT) and an unconditional basic income (UBI) are two ways of achieving a basic income guarantee (BIG). One gives a varying amount of money according to income, and the other gives the same amount to all and taxes different amounts back. However, among basic income supporters,
My Responses to the Responses to the Basic Income Article in Newsweek
This weekend Newsweek joined the mainstream media club to write favorably of basic income. Please read the article [http://www.newsweek.com/how-fix-poverty-write-every-family-basic-income-check-291583] if you haven't already done so. I think it's important in an article like this to get a feeling for how people are
Women Have Lower Incomes Than Men
Claim 1: Income is access to resources [http://www.scottsantens.com/shouldn-t-all-this-talk-about-money-actually-be-talk-about-resources] . When it comes to humans, one gender is given less access to resources than the other. Claim 2: Women are paid less than men for the same work. Though it may appear these two claims are the same,
5 Steps to Becoming a BIG Contributor
So you want to help make a basic income guarantee happen? Our primary need is for more materials that are more accessible, more shareable, more impactful, etc. This need is huge and is exactly why there is also such a great opportunity to be a major part of this instead
Does Guaranteeing a Basic Income Reduce Income Inequality?
Universal Basic Income (UBI) directly reduces income inequality. I've actually written an as yet unpublished chapter for a book about this very topic, and am working on an article about this as well. Here are two preliminary findings from what I'm still working on: (For a
The Big Easy was noted for its low quality of life... Stop right there.
This is in response to the article "Economic Innovation in the 'New' New Orleans [http://www.areadevelopment.com/stateResources/louisiana/New-Orleans-economic-innovation-post-Katrina-2929287.shtml#comment-1714391079] ": > "Only a decade ago, the Big Easy was noted for its poor business climate, low quality of life..." Woah, woah,
Google Hangout with Me and Marlen Vargas Del Razo of Living Income Guaranteed
I was asked by Marlen Vargas Del Razo [https://twitter.com/marlenlife] of Living Income Guaranteed [https://twitter.com/LivingIncome] to join her for a Live Google Hangout today about the topic of basic income as basic resources. You can watch the video here: For more info about what was