Is Alaska’s dividend a good model for the world? Probably not

Is Alaska’s dividend a good model for the world? Probably not

Protestors position themselves across the street from Gov. Bill Walker’s Anchorage office, while they ask registered voters to sign a recall application to vote him out of office during the #SavethePFD protest on Monday, July 11, 2016. (Sarah Bell / Alaska Dispatch News) Socialists around the world look to Alaska as the best example of universal basic income, with our Alaska Permanent Fund dividend. What they don’t realize is that the dividend has become their worst nightmare.

After writing positively about the dividend for decades, the last three years changed my mind. The dividend has changed Alaska in negative ways […]

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