Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, California, is a leading advocate for guaranteed income. Nick Otto/AFP via Getty Images American cities are finally taking the safety net seriously. Is this UBI’s moment to make real progress?
It seems like everywhere you look in the US these days, new guaranteed income pilot programs are springing up. Over the past month or so, they’ve launched in Newark, New Jersey ; Tacoma, Washington ; Denver, Colorado ; Cambridge, Massachusetts ; and Los Angeles County, California .
“Guaranteed income” is similar to, but not quite the same as, universal basic income (UBI). Whereas […]
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