Susie Garza displays a city-provided debit card she receives monthly through a trial program in Stockton, Calif. She is part of an experiment testing the impact of "universal basic income." (Associated Press) The United States has long been understood as a place teeming with capitalist virtue where anyone can make it. Despite continuous economic growth over the last several decades, the average American worker has experienced dismal returns to their work. Wage stagnation and disproportionate income growth have soured the realities of the American Dream and left the country to deal with the consequences of inequality.
A report published by […]
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