November 13, 2019
Hayek, Freedom, and the Universal Basic Income
Friedrich Hayek was a champion of free markets, limited government, and “a certain minimum income for everyone … a sort of floor below which nobody need fall even when he…
Posts filed under basic income
May 31, 2019
What Would a Basic Income Look Like?
Lots of folks who are sympathetic to the idea of a basic income guarantee, and many folks who aren’t, have questions about the details of what such a policy would…
September 10, 2016
CFP: The Future of Work, Automation, and a Basic Income
Members and readers of the blog should find this of interest. We have our very own Matt Zwolinski speaking! Please send this to anyone you think might want to apply….
May 20, 2016
Innovation Hub on the Basic Income Guarantee
WGBH’s Innovation Hub has a nice, in-depth discussion of the Basic Income Guarantee available here. They spoke with me about the libertarian rationale for a BIG and its political prospects. And…
April 29, 2016
A Moral Case for a Basic Income
Over at Café Hayek, Don Boudreaux has a nice post on a universal basic income. He says that he does “not believe that as a practical matter a UBI would…
June 22, 2015
A Progressive Case for the Basic Income Guarantee (And Only the Basic Income Guarantee)
Last month there was some controversy about a proposal from a Wisconsin state representative to prevent the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards for shellfish, among other things….