Steve Jennings/Getty Images Mayor Michael Tubbs, from Stockton, California, announced last October the launch of a basic income experiment in his home city.
The 27-year-old mayor wants to show Stockton can become a cutting-edge city as it recovers from its 2012 bankruptcy.
Tubbs first learned about basic income in college, reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and he hopes the Stockton experiment will lay the foundation for future US studies. Stockton, California made national news last October when it announced it would host the first US experiment in basic income, a system of wealth distribution in […]
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