What would happen if you gave people $500 a month, no strings attached? Stockton, California set out to answer that question two years ago as one of the first U.S. towns to pilot a Universal Basic Income program. Former Stockton mayor Michael Tubbs joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the findings of this social and economic experiment — and what it could mean for America’s future. Read the Full Transcript
Hari Sreenivasan: For more on the potential success of guaranteed basic income programs, I spoke with the former mayor of Stockton, California – Michael Tubbs, whose two-year basic income experiment […]
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