Scott Santens
Editor of Basic Income Today
EDITOR’S PICKS
The Future of Work: A VICE News Special Report
The next Industrial Revolution is upon us, and scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers are warning of an imminent paradigm shift in the future of work. In partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations, VICE talks to industry leaders and laborers to learn how radical developments in automation and artificial intelligence are set to change the world of work as we know it. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, VICE’s Future of Work explores technology’s threat to the
Andrew Yang puts his universal basic income plan to the test
Eleven Nobel Laureates Who Have Endorsed Universal Basic Income
Amazon Is Planning to Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year
Income Inequality
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Pilots & Experiments
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The Social Debate
New research suggests the EITC isn’t very effective at encouraging the poor to enter the labor force.
The earned income tax credit is the leading example of smart centrist policy. In the 1980s and early 1990s, …
Why a conservative Alaskan Governor promotes a Universal Basic Income
In this opinion piece for The Alaska Landmine, guest contributor RJ makes the case that the new governor of …
As an artist, a Basic Income would transform my life
Scottish artist Jenny Lupton details the difficulties she finds trying to sustain a living through her art and passion, …
‘I’m not a UBI guy’: Paul Krugman says money could be better spent on more targeted programs
Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman says he is “not a UBI guy.” He says universal basic income is not politically …
Social Justice
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Success Stories
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The Basics of UBI
Newark to Test Universal-Basic-Income Program
Newark mayor Ras Baraka announced last week that the city will pursue a universal-basic-income pilot program that would provide …
Obama and Bezos Could Make Basic Income Work
This week, former U.S. President Barack Obama tentatively endorsed the idea of a universal basic income. The fortune of …
Making quasi-sense of recent basic income initiatives
Last year, when the Finnish and Canadian trials were, respectively, not renewed and cancelled, the momentum behind universal basic …
The BIG Library: Books About Basic Income
People consider me somewhat of an expert on the topic of basic income and so I’m frequently asked for …
Workforce Automation
How the World Can Prepare for Automation in the Future
Robert Schiller is one of the most well-known economists in the world. In the past, he has made bold …
Walmart unveils an AI-powered store of the future, now open to the public
Walmart this morning unveiled a new “store of the future” and test grounds for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled cameras …
Job losses and flat wages caused by automation in manufacturing states influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election
The robots are coming, and they’re bearing pizzas – or soon will be. In a pilot program that could …
Amazon’s warehouse-worker tracking system can automatically pick people to fire without a human supervisor’s involvement
• Amazon employs a system that not only tracks warehouse workers’ productivity but also can automatically generate the paperwork …