Janus debate preview contents: Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a major change in approach. The lynchpin of the contemporary public policy system is judgmentalism. Our policies seldom help people unconditionally. We say to people in need, first you got to […]
Janus debate preview contents: This section argues that, by freeing people from labor-market dependence and establishing a voluntary-participation economy, UBI gives enormous power to they people. It will alter or reverse some of the most harmful power dynamics in the […]
Equity and Transformation (EAT) has recently released a report from its study on the impact of guaranteed income on post-incarceration individuals. Their press release, as published follows: EAT Chicago has officially released its latest report, “Chicago Future Fund: The Impact of Guaranteed […]
AUTHOR’S NOTE: this is an early draft of a section in a book I’m working on. I’m interested in any helpful feedback. Janus debate preview contents: In 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms Speech” included the familiar freedoms of […]
Buford Farris, a stalwart of the basic income movement, died peacefully at aged 98 in Austin, Texas on October 5, 2024. His work was important in keeping the movement for a basic income guarantee alive during the difficult days in […]
When someone says, “They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats,” the right response is, “Have you lost all touch with reality?” Have you told so many lies and found so many people willing to play along that you […]
A recent article in Gizmodo does an excellent job of explaining my position on the net cost of UBI A recent article in Gizmodo does (among other things) a great job of explaining my position on the real cost of […]
The belief in reciprocity (the belief that when you take, you should give back) causes big problems for my dog. She gets food and shelter from us. But she can’t understand that all we want in return is for […]
Jesús Aller recently published a review and summary of the Spanish translation of Grant McCall’s and my book, Prehistoria de la propiedad privada. Implicaciones para la teoría política contemporánea [The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory]. Translated […]
One fear about Universal Basic Income (UBI) is that it could cause rents to increase, partially or entirely diverting the benefit of UBI to landlords. The real estate market has a lot of underlying problems that need to […]