Basic Income on the Res, Part 2

Basic Income on the Res, Part 2

Tweet For nearly two decades, Duke Medical School professor Jane Costello has been studying the impact of casino money on the health and wellbeing of the North Carolina Cherokee tribe. For long, balanced articles about her work, see “ What Happens When the Poor Receive a Stipend? ” The New York Times (2014) and “ Free Money: The Surprising Effects Of A Basic Income Supplied By Government ” Wired Magazine (2017).

The NY Times article lists several encouraging results. Here are a few: The number of Cherokee living below the poverty line had declined by half.

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