A solution for childhood obesity? Universal basic income

A solution for childhood obesity? Universal basic income

What’s behind new data on diabetes?

CBSN Live What’s behind new data on diabetes?

May 30, 2019 05:19 buttons/button-playertray-rightbuttons/button-playertray-right A new study links an extra $1,000 a year paid through Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend to a 4.5% reduction in the rate of obesity in children. The annual dividend to residents generated by Alaska’s oil riches also reduced total medical costs statewide by up to $10 million, the study estimated.Various tests of a universal basic income are underway in the U.S. and other countries. Sure, the extra money is helpful. But the most intriguing benefit from a universal […]

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