Guaranteed income and its close cousin Universal Basic Income have been proposed as solutions for both social justice and economic stimulus for decades, with leading voices as disparate as Martin Luther King, Jr. and economist Milton Friedman advocating for the establishment of a guaranteed income. While some say it is a form of welfare, advocates argue that it would help to relieve dramatic socioeconomic disparities and even potentially reduce dependence on government programs. A new groundbreaking pilot program in Los Angeles, co-led by USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work Assistant Professor Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim , seeks to inform […]
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