by Scott Santens | Nov 1, 2014 | Research
In this article, Scott Santens evaluates the American ideals of freedom, liberty, and democracy and the degrees to which they each exist in America today, concluding that a basic income guarantee would best enable these ideals to flourish in actual practice.
Scott Santens, “It’s Time We Take a Closer Look at America’s Three Favorite Words: Freedom, Liberty, and Democracy“, Medium, 28 October 2014.
by USBIG | Oct 24, 2014 | Research
In this article, Scott Santens describes our current welfare system across the entire socioeconomic spectrum, and stresses the need for an improved safety net that exists as a basic income floor everyone can count on and no one can fall beneath.
Scott Santens, “Breaking Down Without a Spare – America’s lopsided welfare system of counterproductive public assistance“, Medium, 13 October 2014.
Breaking down without a spare -Photo by Jeremy Brooks — Flickr, via Medium.com
by Josh Martin | Sep 27, 2014 | Research
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This piece gives thorough insight into the issue of automation and robotics replacing human labor and thus leading to an influx of unemployed low-skill workers. Santens describes why a higher minimum wage would fail to properly address the problem and instead advocates a basic income to help ease this process into automated labor.
Scott Santens, “Machine Labor Day”, Medium, 1 September 2014.
by Scott Santens | Jul 20, 2014 | Research
Scott Santens’ article, “Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?” originally published on Medium has now been translated into Chinese and posted onto BuzzOrange – a news and media aggregation site akin to a Taiwanese BuzzFeed or The Huffington Post – by site contributor, “Ann”.
The Chinese language version can be read here.
Scott Santens, “解決本世紀經濟問題的根本方法：每人每月發三萬台幣？[Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?]” BuzzOrange, 25 June 2014.
by Scott Santens | Jun 10, 2014 | Research
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SUMMARY: This article argues, “Capitalism can be improved, and basic income is how it can be accomplished.”
Scott Santens, “Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income? – An answer to a growing question of the 21st century”, Medium, 2nd June 2014
