This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in November 2009. The political barriers to the current situation in the United States and the implementation of a full basic income are daunting. On an international basis, the outlook […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in September 2009. Many people believe that the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is an idea ready to export—a model that should be copied around the world. Two U.S. Senators have […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in August 2009. If I use the phrase “lesson of 1938,” most people will probably think about Britain’s unsuccessful attempt to avoid war with Nazi Germany by giving away a piece […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in May 2009. The global recession has been spreading and deepening for nearly a year. It could become the worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in February 2009. Like millions of people around the world, I watched Obama’s inaugural last month and saw the panning shots of huge crowds against the backdrop of the Washington […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in November 2008. Most people will be surprised to learn that the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee and the Democratic Presidential nominee have both endorsed the basic income guarantee (BIG). In one […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in December 2006. Four basic income advocates died in November 2006. Noble-Laureate Milton Friedman (Nov. 16), Brazilian economist Antonio Maria da Silveira (Nov.21), former director of the Citizens Income Trust […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in October 2008. In January 2008, a Basic Income Grant (BIG) pilot project began in the Otjivero-Omitara area in Namibia. All residents below the age of 60 years receive a […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in June 2008. What does the Stone Age have to do with modern justice? According to property rights advocates: everything; their arguments rely on two factual claims that can be […]
This essay was originally published in the USBIG NewsFlash in February 2008. The unexpected success of Mike Huckabee in the Republican primaries has given a substantial boost to the small movement to replace all federal taxes with a national sales […]