UBI gives enormous power to the people because it secures the freedom from want for everyone. I’ll argue that, by freeing people from labor-market dependence, it will alter or reverse some of the most harmful power dynamics that exist […]
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. In 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his famous, “Four Freedoms Speech,” which came to be seen as […]
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 […]
A citizens group in Oregon is collecting signatures to get an Alaska-style dividend (essentially a small Basic Income) on the ballot in Oregon during the 2024 elections. Here’s how the group describes its effort: