Testing a universal basic income

Testing a universal basic income

Stockton, Calif., is launching a pilot program that gives $500 a month, no strings attached, to safeguard residents who may be one paycheck aware from poverty. Will it work? Technology is changing the kinds and number of jobs we have in this economy, so there’s a push to give people who lose out a guaranteed minimum income. How big would that check be? And who would it come from? Questions for Lee Cowan to answer in our Cover Story:

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