[Josh Martin]

Matthews has written extensively on the basic income on Vox, and his most recent work is this brief two minute video explaining the history of basic income ideas in the USA, including policies produced by President Nixon in 1969 and the Negative Income Tax experiments in the USA in the 1970s.

Dylan Matthews, “We know how to end poverty. So why don’t we?”, Vox, 14 November 2014.

Matthews discusses Nixon's proposal in 1969 (Source: Vox)