Krugman: Unions, Not Education, Solution to Disappearing Middle Class
Paul Krugman's column in today's New York Times makes the case that we can't turn the economy around and save the middle class simply through promoting higher education.Advances in technology and...
View ArticleLetter on Basic Income Handed to President Obama in Brazil
While in Brazil this past weekend, President Obama was personally handed the following letter (below the fold) from the US Basic Income Guarantee Network by Brazilian Senator Eduardo Suplicy, in...
View ArticleWe Need to Re-work Work
There was an interesting opinion piece on the nature of work in the NYTimes' The Stone philosophy blog on Saturday by Gary Gutting called What is Work Really For? It posits that "leisure, not work,...
View ArticleWhile Romney bashes Obama for being "soft on China," his tax returns show his...
The Romney Campaign keeps running ads decrying the loss of jobs to China, saying "it's time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the American people." But his 2011 tax returns...
View ArticleSensata creating jobs--overseas
Right wing nut jobs are out with more lies about Sensata Technologies today, the Bain company that's outsourcing 170 good jobs from Freeport, Ill. to China.First they claimed that President Obama was...
View ArticleTed Rall and the Basic Income for All
Just ran across this great column from cartoonist extraordinaire Ted Rall in support of a basic income. It's from last year, but it's perfect.Rall makes it very clear what the major economic goal of...
View ArticleFollowing Europe's lead on the basic income for all
Folks in Europe are currently campaigning for a basic income, which would provide a livable income directly to everyone as a human right, paid for by taxing the rich, financial transactions, carbon...
View ArticleThat Vision Thing: our need to search for Utopia
There was a nice piece in the Washington Post's Wonkblog on the basic income that reminds us of the real human need to strive for Utopia: Though establishing a basic income was once at the forefront of...
View ArticleJobs are not the answer
I just found this great opinion piece by Al Sheahan, author and activist for a basic income, on why it's income, not jobs, that matters: Nobody states the obvious truth: that the marketplace has...
View Article3 Ways to Fix Our Broken Economy
I read a lot of opinion pieces over Labor Day weekend about work, jobs and the economy, and I've been inspired by the fast food and retail workers who went on strike last week in more than 60 cities....
View ArticleBasic Income Can Make America Great Again
Another Republican debate is upon us, and it seems that Donald Trump’s poll numbers are down a bit in Iowa. Perhaps the Summer of Trump is behind us, and his candidacy will fade away like it did last...
View ArticleGeorge Will Plays Grinch for Home Care Workers
Just when you thought that George Will might have a heart that wasn’t three times too small, because he’s objected to some of President Trump’s worst abominations, he goes ahead and shows us his true...
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