timjrobinson.com
Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
6 min · · A Universal Basic Income (UBI) would improve everyone’s lives, increase our free time, empower workers, and ensure everyone has food and a roof over their head. These are noble goals, but obviously… · Shared by 49, including 瑞拿頭
Insider Business
Spain is moving to permanently establish universal basic income in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
2 min · · Spain would be the first European country to enact a basic income and provide monthly cash payments to its citizens. · Shared by 62, including Adel, Antonio Vieira Santos, Brooks Rainwater, Psymposia, Bjorn Larsen, Hugh Howey, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, 瑞拿頭
The Correspondent
Has the time finally come for universal basic income?
20+ min · · In the past few weeks, calls for a universal basic income have been louder than ever. Even the US is sending cheques to most citizens. And rightly so – the coronavirus pandemic requires radical… · Shared by 64, including Marius Bleuer, Rob Wijnberg, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, 瑞拿頭, Scott Santens, Rutger Bregman, Eric Holthaus
The Atlantic
This Is Not a Recession. It’s an Ice Age.
3 min · · No one alive has experienced an economic plunge this sudden. · Shared by 86, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, Gerd Leonhard, Howard Getson, Ezra Klein, Johannes Lenz, Christopher Lauer™, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
The Independent
Spain to become first country in Europe to roll out a universal basic income
2 min · · Government plans to keep payments ‘a permanent instrument’ after pandemic is over · Shared by 261, including Bertrand Maltaverne, keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Florian Hanke 🍎, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Gutly Myrat, Marius Bleuer, Tauno, Logical Analysis, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Graham Brown-Martin, Gökçe Ozan Toptaş, 瑞拿頭, Draven, Claus Heller 🇺🇦, Thomas Power
The New Yorker
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
Summary · 9 min · · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis. · Shared by 441, including Philippe, W. David Stephenson, Adam Posen, Matthias Lampe, Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, sircharlsxavier, getAbstract, l. ones, Jansnet, douglass CLT (cross-laminated timber), Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dan Hill, Gutly Myrat, MIT Press, Thomas Pleil, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Andres Saldarriaga, Hendrik Dietrich, Korben
NPR
The 'Strange, Unduly Neglected Prophet'
6 min · · Meet Silvio Gesell, who inspired a worldwide movement to create money that expired. After nearly a century of obscurity, he's making a comeback. · Shared by 480, including Ward Plunet, Emin Gün Sirer🔺, 瑞拿頭, ahg, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola, Matthias Lampe, Marcos
justfacts.com
The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most Nations of Europe
7 min · · A groundbreaking study by Just Facts has discovered that after accounting for all income, charity, and non-cash welfare benefits like subsidized housing and Food Stamps—the poorest 20% of Americans… · Shared by 8, including 瑞拿頭, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️
Inverse
A Money Behaviorist Explains How UBI Can Break the Cycle of Poverty and Depression
4 min · · What's better: A cash transfer or a psychological intervention? · Shared by 5, including 瑞拿頭