Category: Basic Income

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) trade is getting exciting but lets take a deeper look whether it is as good a moment. Now trading with a market value of 11.56B, 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.

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) Fundamentals That Matter

It’s generally a good idea to start with the most fundamental piece of the picture: the balance sheet. […]

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Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) seems to be forming a pattern of major movements, providing only some crumbs of outlook for market participants trying to figure out its next move. Now trading with a market value of 10.82B, 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.

Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) Fundamentals That Matter

It’s generally a good idea to start with the most fundamental piece […]

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Given AI’s positive transformative potential, we should avoid overregulation that unduly restricts innovation.

By Aalia Manie, Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel Artificial intelligence (AI) is the apex of today’s technology age as we push the boundaries towards Industry 4.0 and superintelligence.

It is already here in disruptive narrow forms, cutting across the economy and leaving no sector untouched. It has the potential to solve many of our biggest and most persistent problems.While there is much to be excited about, there are also critical questions that we must ask from a policy and legal perspective. Screen Shot Social disruption Economic drivers […]

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From modest beginnings back in 2012, TEDxGlasgow has grown its annual event into one of the most established TEDx events in Europe. In 2017, it welcomed in excess of 1,800 people to the city’s SEC Armadillo to explore the theme ‘Lead or Follow’ with a dynamic lineup of speakers, including world record-breaking rocket man Richard Browning , BBC war correspondent Quentin Sommerville, fitness guru Jessie Pavelka and elite athlete Lee Craigie.

And, in 2018, over 2000 guests will come together to explore the theme ‘Rethink…’.

Run by a small but passionate team, TEDxGlasgow is a non-profit organisation, which builds on the […]

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SA’s finance minister is at a crucial crossroads. He can decide to preside over a failing economy, which is dying not only because of state capture by powerful private interests, but also because it hasn’t been able to alter those structural conditions that have made it so dramatically unequal in the first place.

Or, he can face the crisis head-on and be clear that new recipes are needed: innovative ideas that can turn the economy around and make it much more resilient to the always present risk of corruption. Perhaps his hesitancy on the nuclear deal is a sign that […]

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Streamr The Blockchain Can Now Provide A Universal Basic Income Original article found on Squawker: Become the Counterculture

While many believe that the Age of Automation in which the human workforce will be replaced with machines is still several years away, it is in fact happening now.

The most effective solution to this job loss is a universal basic income. This can easily be achieved through the control of your own personal data — the same data that corporations make billions per year from. Streamr tokenizes our data in real time to enable a new way for machines and humans […]

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Universal basic income is a simple idea that could have a radical impact on our society: give people enough money to meet their basic needs, providing everyone in the country with an income floor

A conversation with
JIM PUGH
Universal Income Project Tuesday, December 5, 7:00 PM Midpen Media Center, 900 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto [ map ] Free and open to all | Wheelchair accessible Let us know you’re coming and we’ll save a seat for you! Click! We have an immense amount of wealth in the United States. Our GDP has grown by $4 […]

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Republicans in Congress certainly talk a good game about helping the poor and middle class, arguing, however unconvincingly, that their rewrite of the tax code will amount to more than just a giveaway to the rich. But all their shameless maneuvering is really doing is making once-crazy, semi-socialistic economic ideas, such as universal basic income, seem sane.

Opinion

Take the city of Stockton.For weeks now, Michael Tubbs , the mayor of this rough-and-tumble Central Valley city, has been making headlines for jumpstarting a government-run pilot project that will give dozens of families $500 every month, no strings attached and regardless of […]

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