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The crazy, true story of Nixon and basic income

  • October 8, 2019

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Tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are talking up the idea of a universal basic income. But the American history of the basic income goes back decades and includes Richard Nixon and a bizarre, centuries-old British experiment.

  • CATEGORIES: THE BASICS OF UBI
  • TAGS: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Nixon, UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

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