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Racial Homogeneity and the American Social Safety Net

Racial Homogeneity and the American Social Safety Net

The United States, a nation celebrated for its diversity, faces significant challenges in implementing universal social policies such as healthcare, basic income, and free education. While various factors contribute to this situation, the issue of racial homogeneity, or rather the lack thereof, is often cited as a potential barrier. I wrote this blog post to explore whether America’s racial diversity is a primary reason for the absence of these universal policies, analyzing historical, social, and political dimensions.

The Historical Context

Racial Dynamics and Policy Development The United States’ history of racial discrimination has profoundly influenced its policy landscape. […]

The biggest basic income pilot in the US found that it didn’t stop participants from working and helped get their families into safer situations

The biggest basic income pilot in the US found that it didn't stop participants from working and helped get their families into safer situations

Direct cash payments improved recipients’ home lives. The largest basic income pilot in the US reported positive results for those receiving cash.

They reported fewer housing burdens, better food security, and safer home situations.

The study participants were more likely to secure full-time work than remain unemployed. The results are in for the largest basic income pilot program in the US.Participants in the Los Angeles-based program reported that they had better employment outcomes, felt safer at home, enrolled their kids in more extracurriculars, and were more likely to leave domestically abusive situations, according to the pilot study’s results.The Basic […]

Los Angeles Basic Income Pilot Reports: Stable Employment Rates, Better Home Lives

Los Angeles Basic Income Pilot Reports: Stable Employment Rates, Better Home Lives

Participants in a Los Angeles program said they had better employment outcomes, felt safer at home, enrolled their children in more after-school programs and were more likely to leave domestic violence situations, according to results from a pilot study.

The BIG:LEAP study compared the outcomes of households receiving cash payments with those of almost 5,000 households with similar income and family circumstances in a control group.

“There’s a really open question in the research and among policymakers about how much money is needed over what period of time to make a difference,” said Amy Castro, an assistant professor at the University […]

Guaranteed Income: Limited Health Impact, Key to Reducing Poverty

Guaranteed Income: Limited Health Impact, Key to Reducing Poverty

Study: Does Income Affect Health? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Guaranteed Income

Study: The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States

Guaranteed income programs don’t appear to improve the health of recipients, but they remain an important tool to consider for reducing poverty, according to research from University of Michigan and others.The findings come from research released by OpenResearch’s Unconditional Income Study, which gave 1,000 adults $1,000 per month for three years. The randomized controlled trial examined the effects of the cash transfers on recipients, including their overall health, employment outcomes […]

Florida Democrats Trying To Excite Voters With Harris At Top Of The Ticket

Florida Democrats Trying To Excite Voters With Harris At Top Of The Ticket

Florida Democrats seem to approve of VP Kamala Harris as the head of the presidential ticket, more than Joe Biden .

Supporters of the pro-abortion Amendment 4, say that Kamala Harris is exciting the base and “securing reproductive freedoms for millions of Floridians.” Democrats are also raving about a rally that took place this weekend at the Villages in GOP-controlled Sumter County.

The Villages-News reported that hundreds of golf carts from residents inside the golf community were causing traffic jams in support of Harris.“Young people are energized, and so are we,” said Villager Joyce Wiegand . “I’m really glad she appeals […]

How Fresno Families Can Receive $500 a Month for a Year

How Fresno Families Can Receive $500 a Month for a Year

California has introduced a new stimulus program in Fresno to help families in need. This program, called the Advance Fresno Guaranteed Income Program, offers a monthly income of $500 for a year to selected households. The aim is to support 150 households with young children in Fresno County. Here’s everything you need to know about this program and how to apply.

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Understanding the Fresno Stimulus Payment What is the Advance Fresno Guaranteed Income Program? Eligibility Requirements How to Apply Helping Families in Need No Spending Restrictions Addressing Child Poverty FAQ What is the Advance Fresno Guaranteed Income Program? Who […]

Colby Cosh: Universal basic income is a recipe for fiscal suicide (for so many reasons)

Colby Cosh: Universal basic income is a recipe for fiscal suicide (for so many reasons)

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Earlier this month, a cross-border team of North American economists published the results of a landmark study, probably the best and most careful yet done, of how low-income workers respond to an unconditional guaranteed income . Not so long ago this would have been a plus-sized news item in narcissistic Canada, for the lead author of the study is a rising economics star at the University of Toronto, Eva Vivalt. The economists, working through non-profit groups, recruited 3,000 people below a certain income cutoff in the suburbs of Dallas and Chicago. A thousand […]

Study by Sam Altman: Basic income has little positive effect

– Study by Sam Altman: Basic income has little positive effect

Supporters of a universal basic income for financially struggling households envision many positive societal changes: more voluntary engagement, more time for family, more time for further education and pursuing better-paid jobs, and ultimately greater equality of opportunity.

Prominent advocates include Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman . Altman initiated a comprehensive study on the impacts of a guaranteed income on employment. However, the recently published results are not encouraging: study participants and their partners worked less, and overall annual income decreased. No positive effects on education […]

New monthly stimulus check of $528: Find out how to get It

New monthly stimulus check of $528: Find out how to get It

How to Claim Your New $528 Monthly Stimulus Check SNAP payments: the complete list of states with pay days of Food Stamps

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Extended Deadline: SNAP Benefit Replacements Now Available for Residents In an effort to foster economic justice and encourage entrepreneurship, the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has introduced an innovative pilot program called “Guaranteed Income To Grow Ann Arbor” (GIG A2). This initiative provides stimulus checks to qualified residents . The program has started distributing monthly payments of $528 […]

On field experiments and null effects

On field experiments and null effects

The most interesting new paper in months dropped in last week: “ Does Income Affect Health? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial of a Guaranteed Income “ All the broad strokes are there in the abstract: $1000 per month, 2,000 participants (half treated), for three years . It’s the biggest, highest salience experimental test of a universal basic income program to date. There’s a lot of detail, but the broad strokes findings are that nothing happened. That is to say, there was a lot of precise null effects. And that is absolutely fascinating! I’ve gone back in forth on […]