[Josh Martin]

Gordon provides a wonderful, in-depth introduction to the universal basic income from a conservative perspective.  He provides real world examples of basic incomes, academics that have supported it, and possible funding options.  He also discusses current conservative welfare ideas from Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan that seem to be a step on the way to a radical simplification of welfare.

Noah Gordon, “The Conservative Case for a Guaranteed Basic Income”, The Atlantic, 6 August 2014

Swiss backers of a minimum income spread out coins in Bern. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

Swiss backers of a minimum income spread out coins in Bern. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)