Revolution News, “Basic Income changes our attitudes towards work, society and life in general”
Revolution News, “Basic Income changes our attitudes towards work, society and life in general,” Revolution News, January 10, 2014.
Revolution News, “Basic Income changes our attitudes towards work, society and life in general,” Revolution News, January 10, 2014.
[Josh Martin]
SUMMARY: Bruenig opens by highlighting the conservative backlash to Jesse Myerson’s article for Rolling Stone that listed five economic reforms all millenials should support: a job guarantee, a universal basic income, a land value tax, a sovereign wealth fund and state banks. Conservatives quickly labeled these reforms as impossible, but Bruenig discredits this argument by providing real-world examples of each reform except the job guarantee. He also highlights major conservatives who have backed these policies before, like Milton Friedman (pictured below). Thus, Bruenig claims these reforms are not as farfetched as conservatives believe.
Matthew Bruenig, “Conservatives are losing their minds over economic reforms that already exist,” Salon, January 6, 2014.
Matt Bruenig, “A Spectre Is Haunting Alaska—the Spectre of Communism,” Policy Shop: Demos, January 5, 2014.
The Natural Commonwealth, “A Basic Income Guarantee Doesn’t Need Coercive Redistribution,” the Natural Commonwealth, December 28, 2013.
Danny Vinik, “Here’s Why Switzerland Won’t Have A Basic Income Anytime Soon,” Business Insider, Dec. 31, 2013.
John Aronno, “Alaska’s Permanent Fund Isn’t Communism, It’s the Owner State,” the Huffington Post, 01/13/2014.