This post by Miles Krauter in collaboration with Carter Vance was originally published on Medium.com, here and here.
From Finland to Kenya to Ontario , it seems that everyone interested in social policy is talking up basic income. It’s not a new idea, having been theorized since at least Thomas Paine’s musings on a “citizen’s dividend” in the late 1700s, and with variations actually having been piloted in several US cities and in Manitoba during the 1970s. Though many variations of the concept exist, with terms such as “negative income tax,” “basic income grant,” and “universal social payment” all […]
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