The Scott Santens UBI Enterprise

Episode 14 of The Basic Income Show! We cover the results of Germany's unconditional basic income (UBI) pilot!Chapters:00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show00:21 Background to Germany's 3-year UBI Pilot09:45 Effects of UBI on Employment and Labor24:09 Effects of UBI on Mental Health and Wellbeing40:11 Effects of UBI on Financial Stability and Behavior1:00:38 Effects of UBI on Socializing and Community Participation1:09:02 Potential Impact of UBI Pilot Results on German Politics1:17:01 That Tumblr Post About Not Even Trying for UBI1:24:36 Jeff Atwood is Putting $50M into Rural UBI Pilots1:28:15 Lawsuit in California Against Racially Targeted Cash Programs1:30:58 NYC Mayoral Candidate Pitches Largest UBI Pilot Yet1:33:12 Rashida Tlaib Introduces Bill for Cash for Homeless Young Adults1:35:53 Cook County Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Results1:39:38 Tennessee General Assembly Considering Statewide UBI Bill1:42:48 Elon Musk's Daughter Vivian's Support for UBI as a Human Right1:48:50 Concluding RemarksSummary:In this episode of the Basic Income Show we discuss the results of Germany's big 3-year 1,200 euro a month basic income experiment, which includes its effects on employment, mental health, financial stability, and social involvement. The study, which focused on younger adults age 21 to 40 revealed significant improvements in job satisfaction, career mobility, and overall well-being among participants. It also highlighted the positive impact of basic income on financial behavior, with recipients saving more and demonstrating increased generosity. The discussion emphasizes the importance of financial security in fostering personal growth and community engagement. The discussion then moves on to other recent news including Jeff Atwood pledging $50 million of his wealth for three big rural basic income pilots.German UBI pilot findings with charts:https://www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en-See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on X: https://x.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faqDonate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects:https://www.itsafoundation.orgSubscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news:https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribeVisit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news:https://basicincometoday.comSign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI:https://www.comingle.us-Follow Scott:https://linktr.ee/scottsantensFollow Conrad:https://bsky.app/profile/theubiguy.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/Follow Josh:https://bsky.app/profile/misterjworth.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/-Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Steve Roth, Miki Phagan, Walter Schaerer, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , S, Jocelyn Hockings, Mark Donovan, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Nikolaus Rath, and all my other patrons for their support.If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level or above.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 10 of The Basic Income Show! With the UK looking to invest heavily into AI, and Canada potentially electing a new leader worried about AI impacts, is UBI's window opening?Chapters:00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show01:14 The Los Angeles Fires14:25 Comingle as Disaster Aid29:48 Compton Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Misinformation38:05 Bad UBI Take by Tony Robbins and Chris Williamson43:19 The Physics of Boot Straps 48:06 UK to Inject AI into its Veins1:01:33 Mark Carney Discussing AI and UBI?1:14:11 Former Mayor of Oakland's Op-ed About Trump and UBI1:21:50 41% of Employers to Reduce Staff by 20301:28:18 Robots to Work for $1/hr by 20351:31:20 John Deere Robot Lawnmowers1:33:38 Sam Altman Says AI Agents Will Arrive This Year1:35:15 Evidence for UBI as a Treatment for Tuberculosis1:47:20 Concluding RemarksSummary:This episode starts with discussion of the L.A. fires because Josh lives in Los Angeles and because UBI would do so much to help, and Comingle will soon help as a new method of disaster aid. From there we get into some of the disinformation about the results of the Compton Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot. No it didn't lead to increased menthol cigarette smoking and soda drinking. From there we go into how the UK is looking to go hard on AI with no mention of UBI, and how the race for a new leader of the Liberal Party in Canada has uplifted Mark Carney who has been talking a lot about the negative impacts of AI and the need for strong social supports like UBI. We continue our discussion with more recent automation headlines and end with a fascinating new study that highlights how impactful UBI will be for health by reducing diseases of poverty like tuberculosis.-See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on X: https://x.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faqDonate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects:https://www.itsafoundation.orgSubscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news:https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribeVisit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news:https://basicincometoday.comSign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI:https://www.comingle.us-Follow Scott:https://linktr.ee/scottsantensFollow Conrad:https://bsky.app/profile/theubiguy.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/Follow Josh:https://bsky.app/profile/misterjworth.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/-Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath,, Laura Ashby, and all my other patrons for their support.If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 9 of The Basic Income Show! Suddenly it was drones, drones, drones, and just as suddenly it's all gone. Let's talk about how conspiracies are fueled by economic anxiety. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to The Basic Income Show 02:05 Drone Hysteria and How UBI Can Reduce Conspiracy Beliefs 17:47 The Onion's Joke About Treating Welfare Recipients Like Dogs 21:53 Not Having Enough Versus Worrying About Not Having Enough 36:22 Real Stories From Basic Income Pilot Participants 59:58 Results from the Compton Basic Income Pilot 1:20:17 The Story Behind the Stop Hiring Humans Billboards in SF 1:27:13 A Rich Senate Candidate is Running on UBI in the Philippines 1:28:06 Will Bangladesh Test UBI in a Big Way? 1:29:39 Biden Wishes He Put His Name on the Stimulus Checks 1:30:18 New Yorkers May Get Inflation Rebate Stimulus Checks 1:33:28 Ken Paxton Stops Harris County Pilot AGAIN 1:36:23 OxFam America Supports Basic Income 1:39:12 Spokane May Do a Land Value Tax Experiment 1:44:29 Concluding Remarks Key Takeaways: Basic income can alleviate financial stress and cognitive load Conspiracy theories often arise from a lack of cognitive capacity Economic policies like UBI can counteract harmful belief traps Welfare systems can be paternalistic and burdensome Real-life stories illustrate the positive impact of basic income Cognitive resources are finite and can be depleted by financial worries The unspoken societal stressor is the constant need for money UBI provides individuals with the freedom to make choices that matter Cash assistance is more impactful than restrictive welfare programs Addressing financial insecurity can lead to better societal outcomes Cash transfers can aid in addiction recovery Universal programs like RX Kids show significant benefits Frequency of cash transfers impacts their effectiveness Basic income can reduce domestic violence rates Long-term effects of UBI can transform family dynamics AI marketing strategies can provoke necessary discussions about UBI Oxfam advocates for guaranteed basic income as a solution to poverty Land value tax could fund universal basic income initiatives - See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com/post/3lckzcleo7s24 See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on X: https://x.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Visit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news: https://basicincometoday.com Follow Scott: https://linktr.ee/scottsantens Follow Conrad: https://bsky.app/profile/theubiguy.bsky.social Follow Josh: https://bsky.app/profile/misterjworth.bsky.social - Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 6 of The Basic Income Show! In this episode, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss recent developments in the world of Universal Basic Income (UBI). They celebrate ITSA Foundation's successful fundraising for key projects, explore the implications of Nobel Prize winners supporting UBI, and delve into the ongoing debate surrounding Oregon's proposed UBI measure. They discuss various aspects of Universal Basic Income (UBI), including public support, political influences, and recent developments in different regions. They explore the challenges of finding consensus on UBI, the impact of political decisions on public opinion, and the implications of recent polling data from the UK. The conversation also covers the cancellation of the Ontario basic income pilot, election strategies involving cash rebates, and the significance of attack ads in shaping perceptions. Additionally, they delve into the affordability of UBI, recent initiatives in Guyana, and Germany's upcoming UBI experiment. In this conversation, the speakers discuss the viability and implications of basic income, particularly in resource-poor areas. They explore the concept of money scarcity, the benefits of child allowances, and the Marica program in Brazil as a case study for local currency implementation. The conversation also addresses misconceptions about employment impacts of basic income, the empowerment it provides to workers, and the broader health and well-being benefits observed in UBI programs. New evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo further supports the positive socioeconomic changes associated with basic income. - Want more UBI data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Visit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news: https://basicincometoday.com Sign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI: https://www.comingle.us - Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottsantens https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens https://linktr.ee/scottsantens Follow Conrad: https://twitter.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/ Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ - Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Ep 5 of The Basic Income Show! We watch Conrad's interview with John Stossel and listen to an AI podcast about my book Let There Be Money. Also fresh evidence from the Finland Basic Income pilot and more! In this episode of the Basic Income Show, Scott Santens, Josh Worth, and Conrad Shaw discuss the implications of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the context of recent disasters, economic stability, and media representation. They explore how UBI can provide immediate support during crises, the economic arguments for preventative measures, and the misconceptions surrounding work incentives related to UBI. The hosts critique the media's portrayal of UBI by watching John Stossel's interview of Conrad and emphasize the importance of context in understanding economic studies. They also discuss the studied effects of Finland's basic income pilot on voter turnout and the importance of inherent human value in economic systems. The conversation also touches on the role of AI in society and the need for trust in government to foster a healthy democracy. They conclude by examining the relationship between inflation and basic income, emphasizing the need for a supportive economic environment. Videos watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpGOIc80C4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEUTR_YeweQ Citations: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ajps.12915https://finance.yahoo.com/news/over-one-dozen-guaranteed-income-170300695.html http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/133270/filename/133484.pdf https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/an-experiment-to-inform-universal-basic-income https://www.cbpp.org/research/family-income-support/chart-book-tanf-at-20 - Want more UBI data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Visit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news: https://basicincometoday.com Sign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI: https://www.comingle.us Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottsantens https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens https://linktr.ee/scottsantens Follow Conrad: https://twitter.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/ Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ - Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin, Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 4 of The Basic Income Show! Let's talk about the basic income that Dolly Parton mobilized in response to a disaster in Tennessee. We also debunk all the misinformation in an anti-UBI PragerU video. Summary: In this episode of the Basic Income Show, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss the current state of basic income initiatives, particularly in light of recent events such as Hurricane Helene. We explore the future role of Comingle in providing direct cash assistance during disasters, the challenges faced by traditional disaster relief systems, and the importance of cash in recovery efforts as shown by Dolly Parton's basic income response to Tennessee wildfires. Our conversation also delves into the broader implications of universal basic income (UBI), addressing misconceptions as spread by a PragerU video, and highlighting its potential economic benefits. We emphasize the need for a shift in perspective regarding poverty and disaster relief, advocating for a more proactive approach to supporting individuals in need. We delve into the complexities of Universal Basic Income (UBI), discussing its potential costs, benefits, and the various funding mechanisms that could support it. We also explore the dignity of work, the implications of automation on employment by way of the strike by dockworkers, and the fundamental human drive for purpose and greatness. Watched videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kInUGW4H3Jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGPjtRZj5DA ----- Want more UBI data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on X: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Visit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news: https://basicincometoday.com Sign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI: https://www.comingle.us For previous audio-only discussions between Conrad, Josh, and I, and the occasional guest, check out the ITSA Live! playlist on Comingle's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-rRsLr_X4&list=PLrF7vwddTTzTWpvVvsCwrmwlg5k_v2zpV&pp=iAQB Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottsantens https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens https://linktr.ee/scottsantens Follow Conrad: https://twitter.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/ Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ - Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, Mgmguy, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun, Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin, Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim, Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 3 of The Basic Income Show! Canada considers basic income legislation and Bret Weinstein talks nonsense about UBI... Also an experiment that suggests UBI leads to more meritocratic outcomes! In this episode of the Basic Income Show, we discuss the recent developments surrounding basic income legislation in Canada, specifically Bill C-223. We delve into the details of the bill, its implications for a guaranteed livable basic income, and the misinformation surrounding the concept. The conversation also touches on the political landscape in Canada, the role of research in shaping policy, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for basic income initiatives. In this conversation, we discuss the challenges faced by non-college educated individuals in achieving the American dream, the rising deaths of despair among this demographic, and the implications of educational polarization as we debunk an interview with Bret Weinstein. We explore the case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a solution to economic inequality and disillusionment with capitalism, emphasizing the importance of providing a safety floor for all individuals. The conversation also touches on the role of inheritance in perpetuating inequality and presents a meritocracy experiment that highlights the impact of luck versus talent in achieving success. Finally, we discuss the Pope's recent support for UBI, framing it as a moral imperative in the face of automation and economic challenges. ----- Want more UBI data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for monthly UBI news: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Visit Basic Income Today for daily UBI news: https://basicincometoday.com Sign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI: https://www.comingle.us ----- Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottsantens https://linktr.ee/scottsantens ----- Follow Conrad: https://twitter.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/ ----- Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ ----- Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

Episode 2 of The Basic Income Show In this conversation, Scott Santens, Conrad Shaw, and Josh Worth discuss the implications of basic income through recent pilot programs like Sam Altman's three-year experiment and Denver's Basic Income Pilot Project, analyzing the results and addressing common misconceptions. They highlight the importance of understanding the nuanced effects of basic income on employment, caregiving, and overall well-being. Personal stories from recipients illustrate the transformative potential of basic income, while critiques of misleading narratives exemplified by a recent Coin Bureau video emphasize the need for a more informed public discourse. The conversation concludes with a call to action for future initiatives and community involvement in basic income projects. Here are the two videos we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXDq5ypJru8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLNh77k0cc List of cited sources: https://www.scottsantens.com/did-sam-altman-basic-income-experiment-succeed-or-fail-ubi/ https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9459 https://aibm.org/research/the-state-of-working-class-men/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749379724002915 https://www.covidmoneytracker.org/ https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2022/03/why-is-us-inflation-higher-than-in-other-countries/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/05775132.2023.2278348 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/689575 Want more data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects:https://www.itsafoundation.org/ Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter for UBI news:https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sign up for the Comingle waitlist for voluntary UBI:https://www.comingle.us/ -----Follow Scott: Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/scottsantens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens Everywhere else: https://linktr.ee/scottsantens -----Follow Conrad: https://x.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw -----Follow Josh: https://x.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ ----- Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

The inaugural episode of The Basic Income Show! For previous audio-only discussions between Conrad, Josh, and I, and the occasional special guest, check out the ITSA Live! playlist on Comingle's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-rRsLr_X4&list=PLrF7vwddTTzTWpvVvsCwrmwlg5k_v2zpV Like data? See my ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq Donate to the non-profit Income To Support All Foundation to support UBI projects: https://www.itsafoundation.org/ Subscribe to the ITSA Newsletter: https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sign up for the Comingle waitlist: https://www.comingle.us/ ----- 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:24 Theme Song 00:01:57 AI music 00:04:35 Universal Basic Guys 00:34:53 UK Winter Fuel Payments debate 00:57:09 Child Tax Credit arms race 01:17:25 US Sovereign Wealth Fund 01:37:10 Comingle 01:41:06 Wrap-up ----- Follow Scott on: Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/scottsantens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/scottsantens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottsantens Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ScottSantens Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scottsantens.com Threads: https://www.threads.net/@scottsantens LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsantens/ ----- Follow Conrad: https://x.com/theUBIguy https://www.facebook.com/conrad.yaney https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradshaw/ ----- Follow Josh: https://x.com/misterjworth https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshworth/ ----- Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Jessica Chew, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership

As a leading expert on the topic of unconditional/universal basic income (UBI), a subject area I've been focused on now since 2013, I'm constantly trying to correct misunderstandings and debunk misinformation/disinformation spread about the concept and the evidence behind it. The results of another big test of basic income were released in July 2024 and there's a lot of poorly informed summaries and opinions out there about it. As someone who has actually read the results released so far (there's still more coming) as well as the results from over a hundred other studies of basic income and unconditional cash transfers in general, here is my distillation of the findings and the importance nuances of those findings in the context of the pilot itself, and in the larger context of other pilot results. Thank you for taking the time to watch this, giving it a like, and sharing it with others. Twitter thread pilot summary: https://x.com/scottsantens/status/1819389126954610699 Article url: https://www.scottsantens.com/did-sam-altman-basic-income-experiment-succeed-or-fail-ubi/ My ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq 00:00 Intro 00:59 Beginning 04:28 The Context 07:20 Employment effects 13:39 Entrepreneurship effects 15:23 Job search effects 16:21 Not a saturation pilot 18:36 Job quality effects 19:53 Geographic mobility effects 20:51 Less abuse of drugs and alcohol 21:47 Health effects 22:47 Spending behavior 24:46 Lila's story 27:01 Future basic income studies 28:58 Conclusion 32:41 Patreon credits ----- Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Keith Smith, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Christopher Wroth, S, Jocelyn Hockings, Kara Gillies, Faith Stanhope, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Jessica Chew, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Zachary Weaver, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, Ryan Ash-Miller, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership ----- Follow me on: Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/scottsantens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottsantens Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ScottSantens Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scott-santens-ubi-enterprise/id1443672122

This discussion took place in a Twitter (X) Space on April 3, 2024. I was joined by land value tax expert Stephen Hoskins, along with my co-hosts Conrad Shaw and Josh Worth, to discuss land value taxes and why they make so much sense to paired with universal basic income. Listen to all ITSA Live episodes: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrF7vwddTTzTWpvVvsCwrmwlg5k_v2zpV For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can support my work through Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/scottsantens⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you to all my UBI Producer tier supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Miki Phagan, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun, Kara Gillies, Lyn Newman, Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Jessica Chew, Braden Ferrin, Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Pavel S, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, Ryan Ash-Miller, bradzone, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, engageSimply - Judy Shapiro, Tim, Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Nicolas Pouillard, Walter Schaerer, Loren Sickles, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Kai Wong, and Laura Ashby, and all my other monthly supporters on Patreon too.

Much discussion has been had around basic income as a policy response to automation and as a result, over 150 pilot experiments have been launched in cities across the US to study it. Now in response to the successful results beginning to come out from those pilots, some states are beginning to ban the experiments from happening. One lobbying group in particular is behind these efforts to stop UBI, and its biggest funder is a billionaire most people have never even heard of. Read my article: https://www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-fueled-lobbying-group-behind-the-state-bills-to-ban-universal-basic-income-experiments-ubi/ My ongoing compilation of UBI evidence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1766213155967955332 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq ----- Special thanks to: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Judith Bliss, Lowell Aronoff, Katie Moussouris, David Ruark, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, A.W.R., Daryl Smith, Larry Cohen, Fabian Kehrer, Philip Rosedale, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Bridget I Flynn, Laurel gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Robert Collins, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Andrew Yang, Peter T Knight, Michael Finney, David Ihnen, Gerald Huff, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Arjun , Mark Donovan, Capitalists for Shared Income, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Broadgate, Leslie Kausch, Jessica Chew, Braden Ferrin , Juro Antal, Austin Begin, Deanna McHugh, Nikolaus Rath, chris heinz, Pavel S, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, Ryan Ash-Miller, miki, bradzone, Lee Lor, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, engageSimply - Judy Shapiro, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Walter Schaerer, Loren Sickles, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Kai Wong, and Laura Ashby, and all my other funders for their support. If you'd like to see your name here in future video descriptions, you can do so by becoming a patron on Patreon at the UBI Producer level. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens/membership ----- Follow me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottsantens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottsantens Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ScottSantens Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scott-santens-ubi-enterprise/id1443672122

This discussion took place in a Twitter (X) Space on September 6, 2023. I was joined by the co-founders of Comingle - Conrad Shaw and Josh Worth - to discuss the project and universal basic income in general. Comingle is an app being developed to create a small basic income floor for all members. All members will pledge an equal percentage of their income and in return all receive an equal basic income floor of around $50 a week. Help crowdfund Comingle's development: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/comingle Visit Comingle's website: https://www.comingle.us/ Comingle on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Comingle/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: ⁠⁠⁠http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq⁠⁠⁠ You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/scottsantens⁠⁠⁠ Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Matthew Cheney, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, David Ruark, Larry Cohen, Fabian Kehrer, Liya Brook, John Steinberger, Laurel gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Judith Bliss, Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Andrew Yang, Bridget I Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, Michael Finney, Elizabeth Corker, Gerald Huff, Albert Daniel Brockman, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Chris Rauchle, Arjun , Bram Zeigler, Jason Clark, Chuck Cordes, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Mark Borrington, Leslie Kausch, Jessica Chew, Braden Ferrin , Deanna McHugh, chris heinz, Pavel S, Zachary Weaver, Justin Seifert, Jodi Sarda, Rosa Tran, Ryan Ash-Miller, miki, bradzone, Lee Lor, Akber Khan, John Sullivan, Team TJ, Yang Deng, Yan Xie, Marie janicke, engageSimply - Judy Shapiro, Garry Turner, Tim , Warren J Polk, Jeffrey Emmett, Stephen Castro-Starkey, Kev Roberts, Walter Schaerer, Loren Sickles, anti666, Eric Skiff, Thomas Welsh, Kai Wong, Laura Ashby, and all my other monthly supporters on Patreon too.

This is the audio of a speech I gave in July 2023 as the closing keynote for England's Basic Income North 2023 Conference. Video available too: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/U2XbrVQZLnI For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: ⁠⁠http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq⁠⁠ You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/scottsantens⁠⁠ Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Matthew Cheney, Camilo Riviere, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, David Ruark, Larry Cohen, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Laurel Gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Michael Tinker, Judith Bliss, Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Bridget I Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, Laura Ashby, and all my other monthly supporters on Patreon too.

This episode is a reading of my article, "A.I. Will Not Displace Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once. It Will Rapidly Transform the Labor Market, Exacerbating Inequality, Insecurity, and Poverty." Link to read and share the article: ⁠https://www.scottsantens.com/ai-will-rapidly-transform-the-labor-market-exacerbating-inequality-insecurity-and-poverty/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: ⁠http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq⁠ You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: ⁠https://patreon.com/scottsantens⁠ Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Matthew Cheney, Camilo Riviere, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, David Ruark, Larry Cohen, Liya Brook, Frederick Weber, John Steinberger, Laurel Gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Michael Tinker, Judith Bliss, Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Bridget I Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, Max Henrion, Elizabeth Corker, Gray Scott, Gerald Huff, Albert Daniel Brockman, Michael Honey, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Chris Rauchle, Arjun, Laura Ashby, and all my other monthly supporters on Patreon too.

This episode is a reading of my article, "ChatGPT Has Already Decreased My Income Security, and Likely Yours Too", and it is read by an AI I trained on my own voice using Play.HT. It just seemed particularly fitting to do it this way. Link to read and share the article: https://www.scottsantens.com/chatgpt-has-already-decreased-my-income-security/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Matthew Cheney, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, Larry Cohen, Frederick Weber, CanadayVibes , Kerry Bosworth, Laurel gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Michael Tinker, Judith Bliss, Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Bridget I Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, Myles McLane, Max Henrion, Elizabeth Corker, Gray Scott, Gerald Huff, Albert Daniel Brockman, Michael Honey, Natalie Foster, Joe Ballou, Chris Rauchle, Arjun, Laura Ashby, and all my other monthly supporters on Patreon too.

On June 24 I took part in a panel about the macroeconomics of basic income at the 2022 BIG Conference in Portland, Oregon. Here is an audio recording of the talk I gave that day where I attempted to zoom out and look at the big picture of money, economics, and humanity. For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Katie Moussouris, Tricia Garrett, Zack Sargent, David Ruark, Larry Cohen, Matthew Cheney, Frederick Weber, Patrick Brown, CanadayVibes, Kerry Bosworth, Laurel Gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Michael Tinker, Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, Justin Walsh, ace bailey, Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, Bridget I Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, and Laura Ashby.

On July 26 I took part in a conversation on Twitter Spaces where we talked about UBI for over two hours. A segment of about 21 minutes in length was then edited from the discussion and aired on WPKN radio. Here is that episode as heard on the radio. For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens Thank you to all my Podcast Executive Producer supporters: Gisele Huff, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Steven Grimm, Floyd Marinescu, Katie  Moussouris, Zack Sargent, Jeff , David Ruark, Larry Cohen, Matthew Cheney, Frederick Weber, Patrick Brown, CanadayVibes , Kerry Bosworth,  Laurel gillespie, Dylan J Hirsch-Shell, Tom Cooper, Michael Tinker,  Robert Collins, Daryl Smith, Joanna Zarach, Justin Walsh, ace bailey,  Daragh Ward, Albert Wenger, Andrew Yang, John Steinberger, Bridget I  Flynn, Peter T Knight, David Ihnen, and Laura Ashby.

From 2019 to 2021, I took part in a convening on automation, opportunity, and belonging to visualize the future and how to get to a better future among the infinitely possible versions of it. Together we crafted over many iterations a vision document of the kind of society we could be in 2040, and the foundations we would need to build together as a society to achieve it and the updated social contract it will require. At the end of our convening, we all signed on to the vision document we had together created. What I am about to read is the text of that document. You can also read it yourself at socialcontract.fundforhumanity.org. My thanks to all of my fellow participants whose names and bios you can find on the website along with the text of our document. Link to the vision document: https://socialcontract.fundforhumanity.org/vision-and-foundation-for-a-better-society/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

This episode is a reading of my long essay (and now also a book titled Let There Be Money) which is an in-depth exploration of Modern Monetary Theory and why MMT advocates should embrace UBI. Listening will provide a wide macroeconomic view at what money is, what actually causes inflation, what taxes actually do, and why we need to think about all of this differently in order to achieve what we can actually physically achieve. The limits of what we can actually do are determined by our actual physical capacity to do it, not by some construct we call money. Link to article: https://vocal.media/theSwamp/why-we-need-modern-monetary-theory-mmt-and-why-it-needs-universal-basic-income-ubi For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

On August 3, 2021, I hopped onto Twitter Spaces to talk in-depth about the concept of universal basic income (UBI). Here is the recording of that discussion I had with the hosts of the Space: Jenny Q. Ta, Aaron Bowley, and Dan Whitfield. Because they are part of the #DogeArmy, this discussion also included my thoughts on cryptocurrencies and also the Fed potentially implementing digital dollars. My thanks to them for recording the discussion and sending it to me so I can post it here for anyone to enjoy who missed it. For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

This one is a straight up, matter of fact, reality-driven argument for UBI. There will always be failure, and so we should plan for that failure, so that when people fail, it isn't life-threatening. It's a resilience argument for fault-tolerant design of our social and economic system. UBI introduces redundancy, graceful failure, and proportional control. This is the engineering argument for UBI: We are all living, breathing, human beings, and we all need money to obtain the food and housing and everything else we need to stay alive. The best way to make sure we all stay alive then, is to make sure we always have a basic amount of money, and the best way to make sure we always have a basic amount of money is to provide it to everyone at all times, so it's always there, no matter what. Any argument to the contrary is not sound from an engineering perspective. Read the article: https://scottsantens.com/engineering-argument-for-unconditional-universal-basic-income-ubi-fault-tolerance-graceful-failure-redundancy For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

I've mentioned this argument in a few podcasts over the years, but I finally got around to writing it up as a new part of my UBI FAQ. This argument is another response to the common claim that people provided UBI will just watch TV and play video games. Instead of the usual response using available behavioral evidence, this instead asks, "What's  wrong with that?" How are we to know that someone watching a ton of movies isn't going to be the next Quentin Tarantino? How are we to know that someone spending all their time playing video games isn't going to be the next eSports star? We can't know these things. It's impossible. UBI recognizes that, and better enables people to pursue their passions, which may end up being considered valuable by everyone after all, in retrospect. Read the article: https://scottsantens.com/the-quentin-tarantino-argument-for-universal-basic-income-ubi-people-watch-movies-and-play-video-games For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

Steve Forbes recently came out against UBI in a 3-minute video that was filled to the brim with the standard objections to UBI, including the notion that everyone would stop working (which would hurt the  economy and their dignity), which of course was really rich coming from someone really rich, who could have never worked a day in his life, but for some reason still did with his inheritance of the family business. In response I wrote a long thread on Twitter, which I then used as a script for a video response, which I spent a week editing together into a 10-minute video, complete with charts, quotes, references, and a bit of fun for good measure. I suggest watching the video itself, but if you'd just like to listen to the audio instead, here it is. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3itveUHbQ8 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

I originally published this article in 2015, and to this day it remains an article I frequently link to in order to help people understand how expensive poverty is, and how much we would save by directly abolishing it with unconditional basic income. Whenever someone makes the claim that UBI is simply too expensive, use what I talk about here and ask in return, "What is the cost of not implementing UBI?" Understand that poverty isn't free, and you will understand the return on investment in abolishing poverty, just like the ROI we experience every day in a world now free of smallpox. Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/universal-basic-income-as-the-social-vaccine-of-the-21st-century-d66dff39073 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes with a call for unconditional basic income as the only solution to fix what's broken. In this episode I read the final part of Tyranny of Kindness which focuses on basic income. Theresa gets into the history of the idea and how an income guarantee almost happened under Nixon, and why it was Nixon, and not LBJ who tried to get a guaranteed income through Congress. Why we don't have basic income will make more sense once you listen to this and understand who stands to lose out, and why that would change the political landscape. My thanks also to Jenner Zero of Mind Wave Podcast for the new theme music, which I added for the first time in this episode. Listen to Part 1: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindness-Chapter-1-e5390l Listen to Part 2: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindness-Part-2-e9mo54 Watch the Yang Gang Book Club discussion of Tyranny of Kindness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9kLNaUtbM Buy the book Tyranny of Kindness by Theresa Funiciello: https://amzn.to/2Zfo75s For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

This episode is a reading of my article published on November 11, 2016 about the importance of UBI to attaining freedom for all. Freedom for all would be an achievement only spoken about in rhetoric and hypotheticals.  There will never be true freedom from sexual and corporate exploitation and all forms of  slavery until freedom is actually granted unconditionally to all, with unconditional basic income. Until UBI, the decisions we make will remain compulsory and without our full consent instead of freely chosen. Read this article: https://medium.com/basic-income/true-freedom-comes-with-basic-income-7ff1368e170 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

This episode is a reading of my article published on April 8, 2020 that goes into what a terrible idea it is to dump everyone onto the unemployment rolls in response to the coronavirus crisis, how automation means many of those jobs are now permanently gone, and just how many lives are likely to be lost as a result. I consider what Congress is doing as political malpractice. The amount of suffering already happening and that will happen in the weeks, months, and years ahead, is entirely avoidable, but it requires Universal Basic Income. Listen to this episode, and you will understand why. Read this article on Vocal: https://vocal.media/theSwamp/the-future-of-the-united-states-depends-on-the-immediate-adoption-of-ubi For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes with a call for unconditional basic income as the only solution to fix what's broken. In this episode I read Chapter 5 of Tyranny of Kindness which explains the title. It examines the rise of the non-profit sector which operates under the guise of alleviating poverty that truthfully exists as a means of reducing taxes, increasing profits, and funding paychecks through the industrialization of poverty. The concept of TSAR is introduced which is "Table Scraps As a Right", where the creation of a "discard market" enables people to feel good about feeding what would otherwise be garbage to the homeless. I think this entire chapter is extremely important to hear to gain a big picture understanding of just how many people benefit from the perpetuation of poverty, and how no one ever listens to those actually in poverty, who if given the choice, would choose money to spend for themselves. Listen to Part 1: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindness-Chapter-1-e5390l Listen to Part 3: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindess-Part-3-efu89h Read Tyranny of Kindness by Theresa Funiciello: https://amzn.to/2Zfo75s For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

In 2014, I self-published my first article on Medium that to this day I think remains a solid introduction to UBI. Up until this article, I'd been reading a lot about UBI and engaging in a lot of discussion on Reddit about UBI, but this was my first attempt at "giving back" to the discussion with my own thoughts. It did quite well, getting over 100,000 views and because of its success, I was inspired to keep writing new articles, following it up next with my article about UBI and inflation which was even more widely read and shared. In this first article though you can see a lot of Andrew Yang's UBI: $1,000 per month basic income, 10% VAT, financial transaction taxes, carbon taxes, but most historically, it was this article where I first coined that basic income is not left or right, it's forward. It's because of that I think this particular article may just make it into the history books, seeing that it has gone on to become a central message of Andrew Yang's presidential campaign that is strongly resonating with a growing number of people. Read my article on Medium: https://medium.com/working-life/why-should-we-support-the-idea-of-an-unconditional-basic-income-8a2680c73dd3 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens

The horror show that is our conditional welfare system remains unknown to most everyone. In 1993, Theresa Funiciello wrote a Pulitzer-nominated book to try to help change that by laying bare the details she learned as a welfare mother herself, and as someone who worked at an organization devoted to helping people in the welfare system, and as someone who even became Special Assistant to the Commissioner of New York State's Department of Social Services. Her book is considered to be one of the most important books on welfare and poverty in America to ever be published, and it concludes with a call for unconditional basic income as the only solution to fix what's broken. This episode I devote the hour to reading the first chapter in the hope listeners will better understand why it's so important to replace welfare as we know it with UBI. Listen to Part 2: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindness-Part-2-e9mo54 Listen to Part 3: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/episodes/Tyranny-of-Kindess-Part-3-efu89h Read Tyranny of Kindness by Theresa Funiciello: https://amzn.to/2Zfo75s For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

Originally published in 2015, this article was written as an introduction to systems thinking, and how if we look at the United States as a system, we can reform it in systemic ways to function better, not just for some citizens, but for every citizen. I think fellow Andrew Yang supporters will appreciate how almost everything I proposed as a fix made it into Yang's campaign platform, from universal basic income and universal health care, to ranked-choice voting and measuring our success using things that matter to us instead of GDP. Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/how-we-can-transform-americas-broken-economic-system-to-work-for-everyone-ddba38fc328a For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens 

In this podcast I make the case that there's no policy being proposed by any 2020 Presidential candidate that's as progressive as Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend. This is for all the progressives who think otherwise. Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/there-is-no-policy-proposal-more-progressive-than-andrew-yangs-freedom-dividend-72d3850a6245 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens  You can also sign up for my News Flash via scottsantens.news to get an alert by email each time I publish a new podcast episode.

On January 19th, 2017, I recorded an interview with Sam Seder as his guest on his Ring of Fire podcast to talk about UBI. Until yesterday, I was under the impression the episode had never been posted, because I was never told about it, never saw it shared anywhere, and could never find it anywhere when I searched for it. Turns out, the interview was behind a paywall this whole time. Sam has now graciously made the full episode available without a paywall, and for those only interested in my 20-minute segment, here it is. Listen to the full Ring of Fire episode 369: https://fans.fm/p/289 Read my post on Reddit about my interview with Sam and what I thought happened: https://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/cc1kd4/apparently_scott_santens_had_a_discussion_with/etjzs3u/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens 

Freedom, liberty, democracy… these words are used so often that we give them little real thought, rarely holding them up to the realities of what we see around us. What do these words really mean? Do they currently exist for us to celebrate as we appear to think they do? And if not, is there anything we can do about it? Let’s take a closer look. Read the article on Medium: https://medium.com/basic-income/its-time-we-take-a-closer-look-at-americas-three-favorite-words-f512f8a1ad6f For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens 

In the Winter of 1795 and 1796, one of the the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Thomas Paine, wrote an essay that to this day over two centuries later, remains perhaps the greatest justification of all justifications for unconditional basic income. His argument is founded on the principles of justice, where all human beings are owed their natural inheritance, and the injustice of a civilization that makes some people worse off than what nature would otherwise provide is an injustice that must be rectified. In his words, UBI is a right, not a charity, that will give currency to the principles of revolutions. Read the essay: https://fermatslibrary.com/s/agrarian-justice For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: http://scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: https://patreon.com/scottsantens 

In April 2019, a report titled “Universal Basic Income: A Union Perspective” was paid for and published by Public Services International (PSI), a global trade union representing 20 million workers employed around the world providing public services. This report was authored by Anna Coote and Edanur Yazici of the New Economics Foundation (NEF), a British left-leaning think-tank. They concluded that providing services to all is better than providing income to all. In this episode, I explain how this report, and how it was rolled out, is a prime example of a disinformation campaign designed to manipulate public opinion against the idea of universal basic income, and in doing so, I hope to increase the critical-thinking skills of readers to better spot this kind of shameless propaganda in the future about anything, not just  UBI. Read the essay: https://medium.com/basic-income/universal-basic-income-doesnt-work-says-new-prime-example-of-fake-news-60ea1983b6c4 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 

In 1932, Bertrand Russell wrote one of my all-time favorite essays. In Praise of Idleness focuses on humanity's infatuation with work, and how if we divided the work more evenly instead of relegating some to poverty and others to overwork, we could all work four hours a day without anyone being unemployed, and with more leisure for all. And this was about 100 years ago, so how many hours would make the most sense to Bertrand now? If you've never read this essay before, you're in for a treat.   Read the essay: http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 

Back in 2016, I pitched an article to TechCrunch about explaining the progressive case for replacing welfare programs with unconditional basic income. This is the article I wrote which continues to be widely shared by readers as one of their favorites of mine, especially now that Andrew Yang is running for president on a UBI design that offers people the choice of basic income or welfare. TechCrunch link: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/09/the-progressive-case-for-replacing-the-welfare-state-with-basic-income/ Medium link: https://medium.com/basic-income/the-progressive-case-for-replacing-the-welfare-state-with-basic-income-e8bd02c5875e For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 

Back in 2016, I was asked by Vox.com if I'd like to write an article for them about what it's like having a basic income. What have I learned about UBI through having it? Do I look differently at UBI thanks to my own personal experience? This is the article I wrote.   Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/what-if-you-got-1-000-a-month-just-for-being-alive-i-decided-to-find-out-9e8591976c37   For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq   You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 

In this episode I read one of my all-time favorite essays about universal basic income and how our goal as a society should be full unemployment, not full employment. This essay was written by John Bentley back in 2005, and was one of the earlier things I ever read about UBI that I've read over and over again since, and as a result has greatly influenced my own thinking. By sharing it with all of you now, I hope it will influence your own thinking as well.  Read the essay: https://www.philorum.org/speech/20051207JohnBentley.html For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

Back in September of 2016, I did an interview for Forbes about a fully universal unconditional basic income and to this day I think it remains one of my better summaries of UBI for those new to the idea, and even those familiar with the idea. It succinctly covers most of the main points and I think can be a useful way of introducing people to UBI, so I've recorded the interview as a podcast and hopefully more people will find it by listening to it.  Read the full interview in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaviguppta/2016/09/22/basic-income-might-be-the-answer-to-societys-productivity-crisis/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

On April 6th, 2019 I was part of a panel in Oslo, Norway about the Future of Work alongside fellow panelists Guy Standing, Becca Kirkpatrick, and James Bloodworth. The panel was chaired by Basic Income UK's Barb Jacobsen and was part of UBI Nordic 2019. Panel description: The nature of work continues to change drastically. Experts predict that automation and AI will lead to massive job losses, and the growth of the “gig” economy is creating unstable jobs, with increased demands on flexibility and efficiency. Temporary positions create income  insecurity for workers, and there will be a need to update skills and knowledge continuously. In such a situation, basic income may become a  critical element of future work life. Video of the panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-HTLSNIaE More about the event: https://ubi-nordic.org/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

This was the opening keynote speech I gave at the Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics in Northern Ireland on March 26, 2019. From the perspective of beings not from this world, what is money? Why do some humans have so much of it while most have so little? And what message would it convey if human civilization trusted every human being with a minimum amount of access to resources by way of UBI? Full test of the speech: https://medium.com/basic-income/think-like-a-martian-about-money-and-universal-basic-income-ubi-d543922f06d3 More about the event: https://imaginebelfast.com/events/basic-income-in-northern-ireland-what-cant-it-do/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

By far, one of the the most common concerns, if not the most common concern, in regards to the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is that all prices will inevitably go up as a result, immediately reducing the value of each dollar, and essentially creating a new zero. Let’s call it the “New Zero Argument” against UBI. This episode dives deep into that argument and reveals just how baseless such an argument actually is, given all the variables in the inflation equation, and all the evidence we have to plug into it. Read the article: https://medium.com/basic-income/wouldnt-unconditional-basic-income-just-cause-massive-inflation-fe71d69f15e7 For more info about UBI, please refer to my UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

On March 1st, 2019 I did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the /r/YangForPresidentHQ subreddit the day after Andrew Yang did his AMA in the /r/politics subreddit. For about three to four hours I answered questions from people new to the idea of UBI as well as those who've known about it for years. In this episode I read those questions and my answers to them. Link to my AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/YangForPresidentHQ/comments/aw8ld7/hi_im_scott_santens_basic_income_advocate_and_mod/ Link to Andrew Yang's AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/avuqn8/i_am_andrew_yang_us_2020_democratic_presidential/ For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

In mid-February I was contacted by the legislative aide for Delegate Gabriel Acevero of Maryland who has introduced a bill to create a social wealth fund intended to eventually pay out a cash dividend to every resident of Maryland. As a prominent advocate for UBI, I was asked to provide a couple pages of written testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee about why such a bill is so important. The following is my prepared testimony as submitted for the hearing on March 1, 2019. The full text is available on my blog: scottsantens.com/my-unconditional-basic-income-ubi-testimony-for-maryland For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq  You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

A Bipartisan Free Market Solution to Climate Change Through Atmospheric Justice In the past year since I originally wrote this article, over 3,300 economists have now signed onto a statement in support of carbon dividends, recommending that the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions at the scale and speed necessary to act sufficiently on climate change is to implement an annually rising carbon tax where the revenue is returned directly to U.S. citizens through equal lump-sum rebates. This policy recommendation is thus officially now the largest public declaration in the history of economics. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividends Act also now exists in both the U.S. House and Senate, and Canada has in 2019 become the first country in the world to implement carbon dividends nationwide.   Text: https://medium.com/basic-income/this-idea-can-literally-change-our-world-107cbc94057a   For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq   You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens 

A common first reaction to hearing about a fully unconditional and universal basic income is that it's socialism or that it's free money and nothing is free. Both reflexes are wrong, and this episode gets into why. Text: https://medium.com/basic-income/if-you-think-basic-income-is-free-money-or-socialism-think-again-4a17e8d15b1 For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support these podcasts through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens

After two years of experimentation within a two-year experimental design, Finland released on February 8, 2019, preliminary results of their basic income experiment. For anyone who reads the full report, it can be considered nothing short of both promising and fascinating, but what it can’t be called is complete, because the results are still preliminary and based on only the first half of the experiment. With that said, as is also true of the experiments in the U.S. and Canada in the 1970s, there are certainly some conclusions that can and can’t be drawn within the proper context of the experiment’s design. But to reach these conclusions, we’ll first need to go over some of the nitty-gritty details of how the experiment was designed, and what it didn’t even try to measure... Text: https://medium.com/basic-income/what-is-there-to-learn-from-finlands-basic-income-experiment-did-it-succeed-or-fail-54b8e5051f60 For more info about UBI, please refer to my FAQ: scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq You can support my work through Anchor or Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens