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Scott Santens

Unconditional/Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate with a crowdfunded basic income; Founder and President of ITSA Foundation, Author of Let There Be Money; Editor of BasicIncomeToday.com

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5 Steps to Becoming a BIG Contributor

So you want to help make a basic income guarantee happen? Our primary need is for more materials that are more accessible, more shareable, more impactful, etc. This need is huge and is exactly why there is also such a great opportunity to be a major part of this instead

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Does Guaranteeing a Basic Income Reduce Income Inequality?

Universal Basic Income (UBI) directly reduces income inequality. I've actually written an as yet unpublished chapter for a book about this very topic, and am working on an article about this as well. Here are two preliminary findings from what I'm still working on: (For a

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The Big Easy was noted for its low quality of life... Stop right there.

This is in response to the article "Economic Innovation in the 'New' New Orleans [http://www.areadevelopment.com/stateResources/louisiana/New-Orleans-economic-innovation-post-Katrina-2929287.shtml#comment-1714391079] ": > "Only a decade ago, the Big Easy was noted for its poor business climate, low quality of life..." Woah, woah,

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Google Hangout with Me and Marlen Vargas Del Razo of Living Income Guaranteed

I was asked by Marlen Vargas Del Razo [https://twitter.com/marlenlife] of Living Income Guaranteed [https://twitter.com/LivingIncome] to join her for a Live Google Hangout today about the topic of basic income as basic resources. You can watch the video here: For more info about what was

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Unearned Income and the Velocity of Money

Two lesser known variables in the inflation equation Exhibit D of Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation? [https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7] Two lesser known economic concerns among those who know of them, are possible differences in how we perceive the value of money depending on how

Unearned Income and the Velocity of Money
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Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?

An answer to the response to the answer to the growing question of the 21st century By far, the most common concern in regards to my first article on Medium about the idea of an unconditional basic income [https://medium.com/working-life/why-should-we-support-the-idea-of-an-unconditional-basic-income-8a2680c73dd3] was that all prices would inevitably go

Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?
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"What do we do about bad examples like this one?"

In response to the following news article: “The money is gone!” Teary mugshot drew $114K in donations, but prosecutors have taken back their deal [http://fox6now.com/2014/11/18/the-money-is-gone-teary-mugshot-drew-114k-in-donations-but-prosecutors-have-taken-back-their-deal/] This is actually a good example of why basic income should be basic and unconditional, and not that basic

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Google Homes and WikiHouses

Disruptive ideas that can transform housing markets Exhibit C of Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation? [https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7] Being that many of us spend the greatest portion of our incomes in one place on rent and that they seem to just go up and

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Evidence and More Evidence of the Effect on Inflation of Free Money

From Alaska to Kuwait and Beyond Exhibit A of Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation? [https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7] It’s not like we don’t have any evidence of what happens when a lot of money is given universally to a lot of people. Consider

Evidence and More Evidence of the Effect on Inflation of Free Money
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Supply and Demand Variables

How not all basic income effects lead to rising prices Exhibit B of Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation? [https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7] To inform inflationary fears on a more academic basis, it’s important to understand the basic variability of supply and demand and how

Supply and Demand Variables