A Basic Income for Every Human Being

Published 2016 October 27

I’ve recently been discussing the idea of a basic income for all human beings with a skeptical friend. I tell him that just because something hasn’t worked (or been tried) before doesn’t mean it can’t work. That’s how new ideas and paradigm shifts happen.

A few answers to some of the most frequently asked questions:

• Won’t people given basic income just stop working?
• Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?
• Where does the money directly come from for basic income?
• Where does the money indirectly come from for basic income?
• Does enough money even exist for basic income, taxed or not?

Upcoming Basic Income experiments in:

• Kenya
• Canada
• The Netherlands
• Oakland, California

For more see BasicIncome.org and Scott Santen’s blog.