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The Future of the Labor Movement Rests on the Achievement of Universal Basic Income
Today is May Day and International Workers Day and Labour Day, and beyond recognizing the past victories of the labor movement in achieving milestones like the 8-hour day and the 40-hour week, we really need to talk about the future of the labor movement in a world increasingly automated by
Don't Make People in Need Jump Through Hoops for Food
The Trump administration has recently proposed adding what I consider to be some pretty counterproductive new requirements for SNAP [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/12/gop-proposes-stricter-work-requirements-for-food-stamp-recipients-a-step-toward-a-major-overhaul-of-the-social-safety-net/] (aka food stamp) recipients. In response to this, I immediately signed a public statement in defense of SNAP as an
It's Time for Technology to Serve All Humankind with Universal Basic Income (UBI)
The text below is a speech I wrote for a keynote in Sweden in late 2017. The PowerPoint is downloadable [https://www.slideshare.net/ScottSantens/cutting-the-gordian-knot-of-technological-unemployment] , as is a video recording [https://vimeo.com/242456791] of the speech itself. This article has been translated into: French, [https://www.revenudebasevilleray.com/
Here's what I said about automated vehicles and basic income at the House of Commons of Canada
Below is the audio and text of the short speech I delivered to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities at the Canadian House of Commons on March 28, 2018 as an expert called to answer questions as part of a big study they are doing on Automated and
Universal Basic Income Cryptocurrencies Like Manna are Pioneering the Way Towards Decentralized Targeting
I've provided an introduction to the cryptocurrency "Manna" in a previous blog entry [http://www.scottsantens.com/manna-universal-basic-income-cryptocurrency-whitepaper-news] , so if you've never heard of it, please start by reading that first, before coming back here to dive deeper. There's something about Manna
This Idea Can Literally Change the World: Universal Basic Income Through Carbon Pricing
A Bipartisan Free Market Solution to Climate Change Through Atmospheric Justice September 2, 2021 update: It’s been almost four years now since I originally wrote this article. Currently a huge reconciliation bill is working its way through Congress [https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-policy-in-budget-reconciliation/] with a portion of the bill meant
Will the Cost of Basic Income be Borne on the Shoulders of the American Middle Class?
There are many arguments against the idea of an unconditional basic income [http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq], most based on a complete lack of any actual research. These arguments happen to be entirely logical, and even plausible, but simply aren't supported by the evidence that has already been
Whitepaper and wallet now available for Universal Basic Income cryptocurrency "Manna", formerly known as Grantcoin
On January 29, 2018, The People's Currency Foundation [http://peoplescurrency.org/] (a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit) published their whitepaper for Manna [http://www.grantcoin.org/documents/manna-whitepaper.pdf], a relaunching of the basic income cryptocurrency formerly known as Grantcoin [http://www.grantcoin.org/], which was
Top 10 Basic Income Videos of 2017
I've done a top ten list of basic income articles for both 2016 [http://www.scottsantens.com/top-10-basic-income-articles-of-2016] & 2017 [http://www.scottsantens.com/top-10-basic-income-articles-of-2017], but this is the first time I've put together a top ten list of basic income videos. There were so many
Top 10 Basic Income Articles of 2017
As a moderator of the /r/BasicIncome subreddit, I read a lot of links every year about the idea of unconditional basic income, hundreds actually. Once again, as I did last year, I've compiled a list of the ten articles/papers/reports I consider the most important to