INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES THE BASICS OF BASIC INCOME

Michael Anthony Lewis, Professor, Silberman School of Social Work

At Hunter College

Those who followed the U.S. Democratic Primaries have probably heard of Andrew Yang. Yang is a lawyer and entrepreneur who vied to represent the Democratic Party in the general election for President of the United States. Yang’s signature policy proposal was what he called the Freedom Dividend . By now, we all know that Yang didn’t win the nomination; Joe Biden did. But even though he didn’t win, Yang’s Freedom Dividend idea lives on.The Freedom Dividend is a version of what’s called a universal basic income (UBI) or, more […]

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