‘It’s an Emergency Version of UBI’: Andrew Yang on Those $1,000 Monthly Checks Becoming a Reality

‘It’s an Emergency Version of UBI’: Andrew Yang on Those $1,000 Monthly Checks Becoming a Reality

Photo: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Andrew Yang announced his candidacy for president back in November 2017, it was hard to imagine that the futurist and test-prep millionaire would offer up the most prescient policy of the Democratic primary. Throughout his campaign, Yang pushed the idea of a universal basic income — $1,000 a month for every American adult — to help reinvigorate the middle class and to offset job displacement due to automation.

Just over a month after Yang dropped out of the race, policies similar to his signature proposal have, at least temporarily, become mainstream options for […]

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