ADAM BEAM / The Associated PressSep 3, 2019
Stockton residents are getting $500 a month in a test of universal basic income, an idea some 2020 presidential candidates are flirting with. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Marshall Auerback / Independent Media InstituteJul 18, 2019
Forget about multinationals moving their plants to Mexico or China. Workers could be replaced soon by robot-operated factories in orbit. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigJul 8, 2019
As China and Japan have long demonstrated, the government can generate the money it needs simply by creating it on the books of its own banks. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 3, 2019
Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen’s plan to revamp democracy and put capital in the hands of the people has one glaring blind spot. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )
Valerie Vande Panne / Independent Media InstituteJan 15, 2019
The proposal has found support from progressives and conservatives alike. But spending more money can't solve capitalism's ills. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigDec 27, 2018
A program to provide adults with a steady paycheck can be funded without driving up taxes or prices. Here's how it might work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Emily Wilson / TruthdigSep 6, 2018
The California city’s wunderkind mayor has big plans—including a basic income plan—to make good on his buzzed-about potential. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Ilana NovickJun 5, 2018
Michael Tubbs, the mayor of Stockton, is proposing a guaranteed income of $500 a month for a group of city residents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese / Popular ResistanceNov 6, 2017
How we can radically reorganize the economy and government from the bottom up. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 23, 2017
The economist explains why DiEM25, the movement he founded, is opposed to funding universal basic income through taxation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / Web of DebtOct 4, 2017
As automation increasingly makes jobs obsolete, the policy of guaranteeing every citizen a basic income is gaining support around the world. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 4, 2017
"Think of basic income as a trust fund for all our children," the Greek economist said at an acTVism event, "to be financed by dividends from our aggregate capital—which was, after all, created collectively." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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