A US city is launching its own universal basic income, with a twist

A US city is launching its own universal basic income, with a twist

Michael Tubbs, the mayor of Stockton. Scotland, Canada and Finland have all done it. And now the US is becoming the latest country to put forward universal basic income (UBI) as the solution to its economic woes.

UBI is the idea that you pay a fixed sum of money, hundreds or even thousands of pounds, to every single person in a country regardless of their income or status.

Read more: Scotland is considering a universal basic income for its citizens And no, it’s not being pushed by Donald Trump.Instead, 27-year-old Michael Tubbs, the mayor of Stockton, California, hopes UBI might […]

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