Category: Basic Income

WHEN I TOLD my oldest son I was writing about universal basic income (UBI), he said, “All I know is that the Silicon Valley guys are pushing it, so it must be bad.” And he had a point. UBI has entered U.S. political debate most prominently as Silicon Valley’s favorite solution to a problem mostly of its own creation—massive permanent job loss due to artificial intelligence and robotics.

Under a universal basic income policy, all U.S. citizens would receive from the government a regular, permanent payment of, say, $1,000 per month, regardless of their other income or employment status. It […]

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The Brazilian city of Marica recently launched a basic-income program that gives $33 monthly stipends to about one-third of its residents.

Brazil already has a national policy that gives citizens around $10 per month if they vaccinate their children and send them to school.

But Marica’s program will allow researchers to study how basic income affects local employment — specifically, whether it encourages people to join the labor market. Visit Businessinsider.com for more stories . Residents of a Brazilian city are about to get their first payments in a new basic-income program that begins this month.The […]

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Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ:AGEN) has recently been identified as an interesting stock but more in-depth monitoring is needed for a trade decision. Now trading with a market value of 403.01M, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. As the day-to-day narrative ebbs and flows for this company, it is more important than ever to step back and get a bird’s eye view of the fundamental reality under the surface of this story.

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DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA) is in the highlights and many would want to know whether now might be a good time for it to present much upside. Now trading with a market value of 9.85B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the fundamental picture for this stock.

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The short answer is that economics isn’t that simple. There are a lot of factors for the price of anything, and those factors are again changed by the location, the demographics, etc. Human economic activity is as complex as anything gets in this world.

Simple competition is enough to shut this particular argument down, though. The landlord who doesn’t raise his rents is going to rent out all of his properties before the other landlords who do raise their rent. If you’re in a competitive market, the UBI isn’t going to affect rent at all. It’s more likely to make […]

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Catalent, Inc. (NYSE:CTLT) is in the highlights and many would want to know whether now might be a good time for it to present much upside. Now trading with a market value of 7.33B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the fundamental picture for this stock.

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AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) is in the highlights and many would want to know whether now might be a good time for it to present much upside. Now trading with a market value of 17.64B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. Everyone seems to have their own opinion of this stock. But what do the numbers really say? We think it’s a great time to take a fresh look.

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Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ:VRRM) trade is getting exciting but lets take a deeper look whether it is as good a moment. Now trading with a market value of 2.24B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the fundamental picture for this stock.

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GreenSky, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSKY) is in the highlights and many would want to know whether now might be a good time for it to present much upside. Now trading with a market value of 1.26B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. As the day-to-day narrative ebbs and flows for this company, it is more important than ever to step back and get a bird’s eye view of the fundamental reality under the surface of this story.

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Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) is an interesting stock at present. Now trading with a market value of 37.03B, the company has a mix of catalysts and obstacles that spring from the nature of its operations. In light of the many issues surrounding this company, we thought it was a good time to take a close look at the numbers in order to form a realistic perspective on the fundamental picture for this stock.

Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) Fundamentals That Matter

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