The Alaska governor’s race indicates UBI would be a mobilizer of votes beyond what other proposals might achieve. When they split up businesses into âtradableâ ones (like logging or oil extraction) that primarily sell their products to people and businesses outside Alaska, and ânon-tradableâ ones (grocery stores, accountants, landscaping) that sell only within Alaska, they found that employment rates at the latter held constant, and part-time work didnât increase. It has, since 1982, paid out an annual dividend to every man, woman, and child living in Alaska. That said, they also find evidence that the checks, on the margins, […]
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