"The decade’s deepest human-development insight was simple. Money can change more than purchasing power. It can change time, liquidity, bargaining, privacy, mobility, the ability to repair a roof before the rain, and the freedom to make an ordinary purchase without asking permission." #UBI

Basic Income Earth Network@basicincomeearth.bsky.social · yesterday

A new article from BIEN looks back at the decade when UBI moved from theory to real-world pilots. Focusing on the period 2006–2016, the article traces how pilots in Namibia, India, Brazil, Switzerland, and South Korea transformed the policy. zurl.co/qE0cw

Now is the time to make whatever contribution you can afford to his campaign. He will flip Texas!

Suzanne McCain@mccainsuzanne.bsky.social · yesterday

Texans are supporting James Talarico!

Democrats Have A Big Tent That Welcomes All Faiths, Or No Faith At All, Working Together.......

I just read Sapolsky's book Determined and it kind of blew my mind. There's a biological argument for unconditional basic income to be made based on how our decisions depend on factors beyond our control. If free will is an illusion, then we should make sure to end poverty and reduce chronic stress.

Turtles All the Way Down: The Biological Case for Basic Income in a World Without Free Will

If our decisions are shaped by forces we never chose, then punishing people for those decisions and withholding the resources that would improve them is our true moral failure.

open.substack.com

Remember that Magyar defeated Orban in Hungary by hammering on corruption. That kind of money in politics is corruption as are all of sweetheart deals that pervade this administration and the consistent pandering to the rich. #news #following #EconSky #AcademicSky

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3d ago

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden? $30 million. The amount special interests have spent against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social in the Michigan Senate race? $60 MILLION. Twice as much to try and buy one Senate seat. It’s the many vs. the money. Vote for Abdul.

At the unbelievably disgusting show trial that was the Fauci hearing, why did the Democratic Senators not counter by citing all the outrageous things TFG did wrong during Covid? After all, he was in charge and Fauci was his hire. A huge missed opportunity. #news #following #EconSky #AcademicSky

But also, a lot of important stuff voted on that never got done.

Brett Meiselas@bmeiselas.bsky.social · last wk.

The anger at Democrats for their fecklessness while Trump and Republicans systematically destroy the country is understandable, but it’s worth remembering that in the brief time they had a narrow majority over the past few years, they actually got a whole lot of important stuff done!

This is so 1984. They are asking us not to believe our own eyes.

Purple Teacher@peaceandteachin.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump fell asleep at Graham’s funeral and the White House is trying to cover it up. No one will ever accuse Trump of being woke. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AsYSXfj9iQcS...

It’s attention to details like this that demonstrates how government can be and should be for the people.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 7d ago

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

Really? Jasmine Crockett should be in Texas campaigning for James Talarico in Black communities to flip the Senate seat blue for the good of the country. While the House is in recess, anything else is self-serving. #news #following #Econ sky #AcademicSky

@marikosegawa.bsky.social · last wk.

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1 Happy Warriors😍 Love the vibe. Go, ladies! They expose how Trump has wasted your tax money on his vanity projects and has done NOTHING GOOD FOR YOU. What do you think? You answer with your vote.

Silence is violence.

Bradley P. Moss@bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7d ago

Dear Govt personnel - Next time you’re ordered to surveil Newsom or Comey, and you think the order is unlawful, call a lawyer. Blow the whistle lawfully. Protect yourself while exposing illegality. Quietly obeying makes you complicit.

Instead of continuing her campaign of trolling the president, Jasmine Crockett should be spending her time away from DC campaigning for James Talarico among Black Texans to insure his election to the Senate. . .for the good of the country. #news #following #ExonSky #AcademicSky

And J.D. Vance closing his eyes piously to give him cover.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

Sleepy Don dozing off again in public in the middle of the afternoon at Lindsey’s service.

And you are a self-serving person who is wasting her time constantly raving about him instead of helping James Talarico win the Texas Senate seat for the good of the country.

CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦@caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · last wk.

YES HE IS - he is destroying the USA, one department by department. He is there only for HIM

If Jasmine Crockett cared about Texas and the USA, she would be out rallying the Black vote for James Talarico. #news #following

It's great to see UBI with strong 59% majority support, but I don't think we should only be looking at policies from the perspective of protecting against unemployment impacts. You can keep your job but earn less. And everyone who isn't displaced by AI should still benefit because we all trained AI.

Data for Progress@dataforprogress.org · 2w ago

NEW: Voters support placing a tax on AI companies to fund various proposals, including a new jobs training program for displaced workers (74%), a new jobs creation program (74%), expanded unemployment insurance (70%), and Universal Basic Income (59%).

"Zero or very minimal." That is the observed impact on inflation of universal basic income in the Marshall Islands after its first 9 months of being the first country in the world with a UBI permanently implemented.

Mayors for a Guaranteed Income@mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Marshall Islands are home to the world's first nationwide universal basic income program. Check out this update from ABC Australia to find out how it's going. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra/universal-basic-income-republic-of-marshall-islands-/106456790

This is what a leader sounds like. #news #following #EconSky #AcademicSky

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Backing for UBI is growing.

Backing for UBI Is Growing. Let’s Push for the Most Progressive Version of It.

Universal basic income is not a panacea, and some versions are libertarian — but a good version is worth fighting for.

truthout.org

So true which is why you have to transform our health system before we implement Medicare for all.

Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊@richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think the best possible new tax to implement alongside universal basic income is a land value tax because it would also solve the landlord problem and make housing more affordable. In the US, this UBI layer should be implemented locally and exist in addition to other layers alongside other taxes.

The Land Dividend: How a Land Value Tax Can Fund a UBI

Why taxing the value of land is potentially the best tax for universal basic income by making housing cheaper, taxing AI indirectly, and pushing rents down instead of up

open.substack.com

What Mamdani is doing is proving that you can have a government FOR the people. And the people are those who have been neglected by our political and economic systems for decades. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3w ago

In just six months, Mamdani has already made huge progress on: -Lowering rent -Enacting universal childcare -Taxing the super rich -Improving city buses -Cracking down on junk fees and subscription traps -Protecting gig workers from wage theft This is what delivering for the people looks like.

Let's see if the Democrat in Maine who will be running against her makes hay with the fact that she cast the deciding vote in the Senate to fund ICE without any reforms and is thus responsible for this obscenity. #news #following #universal #EconSky #AcademicSky

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

In other words, it will get covered up again and Susan Collins won’t say or do a damn thing.

A wealth tax and a land use tax would be the first steps in transforming the US’ economic system. These measures are not only rational but they’re moral as well since it’s only because of man made rules that these obscene inequalities exist. #news #following #EconSky #universal #AcademicSky

🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻@tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4w ago

📢 TAX the RICH! #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

"Somebody who became unemployed a year ago, when it was really, really hard to find a job, is likely still unemployed right now," Bachaud said, adding employers may prefer to hire "somebody who just recently left their job, or who’s still working another job." Seems bad. We should have a UBI floor.

Workers keep leaving the US labor force. Experts can't agree why

Over the last year, about 1 million workers have thrown in the towel. In June alone, 720,000 people left the workforce. Here are some reasons why.

usatoday.com

It grew because Mamdani proved that you can have a government for the people instead of for the rich.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Gavin Newsom says even the critics of Zohran Mamdani have to acknowledge his success on election night: I certainly reached out and texted him. This guy figured it out a year ago or more, and his influence continues to grow. It certainly grew the other day during the election.

On a TV show about a crime family, one participating member, relegated to an ordinary life, is asked if he is envious. He answers that he has what the others don’t “ENOUGH.” That’s the rub, with our technological advances, we could all live a good life but they are never satisfied. #news #following

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · last mo.

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......

WHY ATE THEY MASKED? COWARDICE!

Forbes@forbes.com · last mo.

The men were clothed in outfits associated with White nationalist organization Patriot Front.

Mourners marched across the Mississippi to the federal building carrying coffins for every migrant that has died in DHS custody.

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