Scott Santens
Writer and full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI); Citizen of Earth and New Orleans; Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Editor of Basic Income Today
Unconditional Basic Income is a Pigovian Subsidy for Unpaid Work
There's something about unpaid work that I've never actually seen discussed, and that's the cost of the work that's paid...
Take for example the amount of unpaid care work in the US that's estimated as being around $700 billion per year (and mostly done by women). That's an invisible work force . . .
True Freedom Comes with Basic Income
I published a new article today on Medium titled "True Freedom Comes with Basic Income". An earlier version of this article was originally published over 18 months ago, but was removed and has been unavailable for over a year.
Excerpt:
“I can’t not do this, because I need the money…”—The thought underlying all . . .
Basic Income as Paid Parental Leave
How new mothers actually use basic income when given it
Once again John Oliver has shone a light on something important we tend to not discuss, and that is the way we in the United States collectively treat those who just gave birth.
We force them right back to work.
That part at the end... where they show the mothers involuntarily forced to return to their jobs... . . .
Posted in: feminismpaid leaveparentingunpaid labor
Women Have Lower Incomes Than Men
Another reason why basic income is important
Claim 1: Income is access to resources. When it comes to humans, one gender is given less access to resources than the other.
Claim 2: Women are paid less than men for the same work.
Though it may appear these two claims are the same, they are not. The first claim is entirely true, but the second more widely shared claim . . .
Posted in: feminismgender equityinequality
