Category: Basic Income

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They stay on welfare because of the pay jump. The value of those benefits exceeds the value of small raises, but those small raise, or increases in hours, equal more work, typically. In order for a raise to defeat the monetary value of welfare benefits, you’d need, off the top of my head guestimation, at least a 3-6 dollar per hour raise, assuming it also comes with 30+ hours per week, and health insurance.

So ask yourself, outside of an act of congress, when’s the last time someone at that level in any company, was offered […]

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nearly included a policy in her presidential campaign that would have given ordinary citizens regular checks just for being alive.
In her new book "What Happened," and in a recent subsequent interview with Vox Editor-in-Chief Ezra Klein, Clinton explains how she seriously considered including a version of universal basic income — a radical solution to poverty, currently being tested in cities and countries around the world — as one of her platforms in the 2016 US presidential election. Clinton shared, "The Alaska for America idea was really intriguing to me because, in effect, […]

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In perhaps the single most astounding passage of her campaign memoir What Happened, Hillary Clinton reveals a campaign proposal she formulated with staffers but never actually released: a universal basic income for Americans, funded by carbon and financial transaction taxes.

"I wanted very much to convey a commitment to trying to figure ways to raise incomes," she said in an interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein. "The Alaska model where they write a check to every single Alaskan every year based on a formula about the oil and gas revenues was really intriguing to me.”

Here’s the relevant passage of the book, […]

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Hillary Clinton. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nearly included a policy in her presidential campaign that would have given ordinary citizens regular checks just for being alive.

In her new book "What Happened," and in a recent subsequent interview with Vox Editor-in-Chief Ezra Klein , Clinton explains how she seriously considered including a version of universal basic income — a radical solution to poverty, currently being tested in cities and countries around the world — as one of her platforms in the 2016 US presidential election.

The platform would have been called "Alaska for America," in homage […]

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Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIO) is one of the active stocks and its unusual movement is raising eyebrows among traders. Now trading with a market value of 27.71M, 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.

Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIO) Fundamentals That Matter

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

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We constantly hear about how technology, robots, and computers are coming to replace us in the workplace. However, some jobs are at higher risk than others. For this reason, many people who are not in low-skilled or manual labor positions often feel somewhat safe from the oncoming technology revolution. Deutsche Bank, the large international financial institution, recently cast doubt on this kind of thinking when its CEO alluded to replacing the company’s workers with technology. Bankers’ and Accountants’ Jobs may not be Safe

The CEO of Deutsche Bank, John Cryan, recently made it clear that workers in the […]

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Tailored Brands, Inc. (NYSE:TLRD) 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 677.76M, 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.

Tailored Brands, Inc. (NYSE:TLRD) Fundamentals That Matter

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Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) 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 1.21B, 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.

Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) Fundamentals That Matter

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In her new memoir, the defeated Democrat regrets that she didn’t go bolder during the campaign, with ideas for a universal basic income, a nationwide dividend program for fossil fuels, and a tax on net worth instead of income. Craig Ruttle / AP A cash payment to guarantee a basic income for every American. A nationwide “carbon-dividend program” to tax fossil fuels and redirect the revenue to citizens. Taxing an individual’s net worth instead of their annual income as a way to reduce income inequality.

Hillary Clinton considered proposing each of these transformative ideas during her ill-fated presidential campaign last […]

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