In today’s episode we are joined by basic income advocate Scott Santens. Scott explains his version of a basic income and how it might be paid for. Although future technological unemployment might increase the need for a basic income, there are actually many reasons besides concerns about automation to adopt such a policy. We discuss the various advantages of basic income over our current social programs and consider the Alaska model as one that might be exportable to the rest of the US. Lastly, we address the issue of feasibility: basic income sounds nice on paper, but could such a program ever actually get implemented?
Articles by Scott
- The potential savings of basic income
- The cost of basic income
- The many potential benefits of basic income
- A closer look at TANF (welfare)
Other Relevant Links
- WIKIPEDIA: Robert Theobald
- VIDEO: Alan Watts on Socially Responsible Automation
- About the IT AI “Amelia”
- A closer look at housing assistance
- Alaska as a partial UBI in practice
- Applying the Alaska Model to Vermont
- About land value taxation
- Revenue potential and economic impact of a financial transaction tax
- VIDEO: Robert Reich describes carbon fees
- How to tell your representative in Congress to support the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2015
- Scott Santens on Patreon
- Basic income subreddit