Oil wells and truck charging station at dawn in Deadhorse, Alaska. | Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Alaska gives each resident a check every year. It’s cut poverty — and warped the state’s politics.
What if we just give people money?This is the question propelling several new books and that’s been taken up by more than one presidential candidate — foremost Andrew Yang , who has made universal basic income (UBI) the centerpiece of his campaign . An automated future looms on the horizon, and tech magnates and policy wonks are turning to UBI as a neat solution to […]
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