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Replace the Standard Deduction With $375 a Month for Everyone
My proposal for a fully refundable $4,500 tax credit that reaches everyone—and leaves the bottom 90% better off There is a new trend in Democratic politics, and it is one of the most frustrating things I’ve watched in years. Senator Cory Booker wants to more than double
The Next Moonshot: Universal Basic Income
What Artemis II and the Return to the Moon Should Remind Us About Ending Poverty As I write this, four astronauts are hurtling toward the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by its crew. On April 1, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center — the first
Universal Basic Income Is Your Productivity Dividend. It’s the Only Way to All Share What We All Built.
Why Universal Basic Income (UBI) Is the Only Way to Share AI and Productivity Gains With Everyone There was a time in America when productivity growth and wage growth moved together. From the end of World War II until the mid-1970s, as productivity rose, pay rose with it. Workers produced
We Gave Homeless People Cash. They Bought Housing Not Drugs.
The evidence from Vancouver to Denver is undeniable: When people in crisis receive money, substance use goes down, employment goes up, and homelessness ends. On any given night in the United States, over half a million people have no place to call home. They sleep in shelters, in cars, under
Top 10 Universal Basic Income Articles of 2025
As host of The Basic Income Show and moderator for the Basic Income subreddit, I read hundreds of article every year about UBI. Below, I’ve compiled a list of the top ten articles I consider my favorites out of everything published in 2025. A big thanks to my monthly
The 200-Year Experiment: How a 'Privileged' Basic Income in Brazil Proves We Can Afford to Be Universal
From $500 to $15,000 a Month: How Decades of Data Prove That an Unconditional Basic Income Guarantee Fuels Ambition Instead of Laziness What if I told you that the Portuguese Empire accidentally ran one of the most comprehensive basic income experiments in human history? Not a one-year or two-year
The $1,000 Lie: Why Trump Accounts Are the Wrong Answer to the Right Question
Billionaires are lining up to seed investment accounts for kids, but we already know how to end child poverty — and waiting until age 18 isn’t it In December 2025, something ostensibly remarkable happened. Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to fund new “Trump Accounts” for American children.
Finland Gave Two Groups Identical Payments. One Experienced 33% Better Mental Health.
New research from Finland's basic income experiment proves that simply trusting people with money—not just the money itself—significantly improves mental health There’s a revolution happening in mental health treatment, and it’s not coming from pharmaceutical companies or therapy offices. It’s coming from something
Eduardo Porter is Still Wrong About UBI and AI: A Response to The Guardian
Universal Basic Income Isn’t a Job Replacement Plan—It’s an AI Dividend and Stable Income Floor That Protects Work, Wages, and Democracy Eduardo Porter’s new Guardian piece is built around a familiar move: treat universal basic income as a single, maximalist policy meant to replace paychecks, then
Elon Musk is Wrong About Basic Income and Crime: Here is the Pile of Evidence He Ignored
Why Elon Musk is wrong about the Finland experiment, and why we must stop ignoring the massive body of evidence that proves poverty is a policy choice that drives crime There is a Zombie Lie circulating on social media right now, and unfortunately, the richest man in the world just
