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A young participant in New Orleans' guaranteed income program

Nation May 20

New Orleans hopes giving young people a guaranteed monthly income can break the cycle of poverty

By Roby Chavez

Economy Mar 05

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A new program is giving some New York moms $1,000 a month

New York City’s first guaranteed income program is providing up to $1,000 a month to some low-income mothers of newborns. The minds behind the program are hoping it will be beneficial for early childhood development. NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green reports…

By Zachary Green

Economy Jan 09

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In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers

In the U.S. 30% of families headed by Black mothers live below the poverty line. But one initiative in Mississippi is trying to address that problem with a guaranteed income program Magnolia Mother’s Trust is giving $1,000 a month to…

By Zachary Green

Economy Mar 21

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This guaranteed income experiment looks to reverse ‘history of judgement’ on people in poverty

Many cities across the country are beginning to experiment with the idea of a guaranteed income: an amount of money meant to address the basic needs of a person living in the U.S., distributed on top of regular income. In…

By Zachary Green

Nation Mar 21

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Stockton, California, gave residents a guaranteed income. Here’s what happened

What would happen if you gave people $500 a month, no strings attached? Stockton, California set out to answer that question two years ago as one of the first U.S. towns to pilot a Universal Basic Income program. Former Stockton…

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Jun 07

Why universal basic income isn’t going away any time soon

By Paul Solman

On June 5, the Swiss voted on a proposal for universal basic income. While the proposal was rejected, supporters claim that this is just the beginning of a transition as inevitable as the eight-hour-day once was.

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May 09

Ask yourself, says a notorious ‘Occupy’ academic, should your job exist?

By David Graeber

Increasingly, anthropologist and Occupy activist David Graeber argues, American workers are paid to look busy. The expansion of our days with meaningless work and the growth of entire industries that shouldn't exist, Graeber writes, fuel resentment toward "real" professions like…

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Apr 24

Why this ‘gender-crossing’ economist prefers ‘motherly libertarianism’ to government paternalism

By Deirdre McCloskey

Economist Deirdre McCloskey wants to be taxed to finance a minimum income, not a minimum wage. People couldn't persuasively beg with the former, she says, and the government would get out of the business of treating adults like children.

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Apr 18

How a basic income in the U.S. could increase global poverty

By Megan McArdle

Making a guaranteed income politically viable, Megan McArdle says, would require closing off U.S. borders to immigrants from lower-skilled countries. And that would increase global poverty more than a basic income would reduce U.S. poverty.

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Apr 17

Why America’s favorite anarchist thinks most American workers are slaves

By David Graeber

Could a guaranteed basic income give rise to another band like the Beatles? Or support a scientific breakthrough like the light bulb? Occupy activist David Graeber thinks a lump sum basic income would liberate workers to do the work they…

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