Podcast appearances and mentions of Scott Santens

Welcome aboard Kyber Squadron! This week, Scott Santens comes on the podcast to talk about Universal Basic Income. From what it is, to how it has been implemented in the US and beyond and even the myriad of problems it has helped to solve, this is a conversation you won't want to miss! New guest, OG Star Wars fan! Follow us: Threads: @Sithty_Minutes  Instagram: @PaulaBear92 @RBW3000 @General_Leia_The_Pup @aaa__photog Twitch: @Sithty_Minutes BlueSky: @sithtyminutes.bsky.social Discord: Sithty Minutes Show Notes: ITSA Foundation Star Wars Topps Card George W. Bush Luthen Rael What is Basic Income? Income and Authoritarianism May the Force be with UBI Denver Basic Income Project Scott's Thread on Denver's Work UBI Data Basic Income Pilots Stanford Basic Income Lab New Leaf Project Kashyyyk The Wookiee Storybook The Expanse (TV Series) The Expanse and UBI Force Speed ScottSantens.com

UBI, or Universal Basic Income, would guarantee everyone in society an income floor. In this episode, I talk about this idea with Scott Santens, who has been a tireless advocate of the concept.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here:https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references used to create this episode:Scott Santens UBI Guidewww.scottsantens.com(Links to a ton of peer-reviewed data and studies on the UBI concept, some of which is referenced in the episode)Scott's Book, "Let There Be Money"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NH31Y4C?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=sl1&tag=sssubi-20&linkId=9a6d60d23a1b6add7c1686b4e07c1927&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tlAndrew Yang's Freedom Dividendhttps://2020.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/The bizarre tale of President Nixon and his basic income billhttps://thecorrespondent.com/4503/the-bizarre-tale-of-president-nixon-and-his-basic-income-bill/173117835-c34d6145In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Riskhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/upshot/artificial-intelligence-jobs.htmlSome on Social Media See Shooting Suspect as a Folk Herohttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect.htmlThe Shooting That Was Inevitable Our political system is breaking down. Now it has killed.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/unitedhealthcare-shooting-inevitable.htmlQuestions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottsantens/support

Conrad Shaw and Scott Santens, founders of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA), share their journey in supporting various UBI initiatives, highlighting personal stories and the challenges faced, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Does the U.S. economy generate enough wealth per capita to eradicate poverty through UBI? What happened to the Child Tax Credit, which had cut childhood poverty in half? Understanding UBI's benefits comes from experiencing it firsthand, contrasting it with welfare programs, and anticipating the massive economic shifts that Artificial Intelligence will affect in both white and blue collar jobs. Explore Conrad and Scott's experiences in creating the Bootstraps documentary series, which chronicles families receiving UBI and showcases its positive impacts over several years. Lastly, learn about Comingle, a mutual aid platform where community members support each other financially based on weekly income fluctuations. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N-7zQ2gZI8A Follow Conrad Shaw: https://twitter.com/oneconradshaw | https://www.comingle.us/ Follow Scott Santens: https://twitter.com/scottsantens | https://www.instagram.com/scottsantens Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://andrewyang.com Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to Forward: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on episode 361, we interviewed Sally Helgesen, Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach, Conrad Shaw, UBI Trial Manager & Series Co-Creator of Bootstraps docuseries, Co-Founder of Comingle, Co-Founder of Income to Support All Foundation and Creator of UBIcalculator and Scott Santens, Founder and President of Income to Support All Foundation. DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott SantensMy guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work. Santens explains how UBI can empower individuals, boost entrepreneurship, and create a more voluntary labor market, while addressing misconceptions and basic facts of what UBI is. We also explore the intersection of UBI and Bitcoin, with particular focus on renewable bitcoin mining projects and community benefits. To learn more, including Scott's social links, head to Scott's website: https://www.scottsantens.com/ You can find Trey on nostr, X and via the pod's social channelsYou can find Margot on X: https://twitter.com/jyn_ursoEXCLUSIVE SPONSORS:ZEUS is an open-source, self-custodial Bitcoin wallet that gives you full control over how you make payments. Head to Zuesln.com to learn more and download. Save 5% on LSP fees by using code ‘TPB' in the access code under LSP settings.BitBox: Get the open-source Bitbox02 Bitcoin only edition. It's my favorite bitcoin hardware wallet for you to take self-custody of your bitcoin and keep your private keys safe in cold storage. Use promo-code TPB during checkout at https://bitbox.swiss/tpb to get 5% off your purchase.You, our listener! Thank you to our supporters. To support The Progressive Bitcoiner and access rewards, including our new TPB merch, head to our geyser page: https://geyser.fund/project/theprogressivebitcoinerPROMO CODES:Sazmining: Hosted Bitcoin mining made easy, using 100% cheap and renewable energy. Get $50 off the purchase of a miner using the following link: https://app.sazmining.com/purchase?ref=byyhN2mCGXluLightning Store: Head to https://lightning.store/ and use promo-code ‘TPB' to get 20% off all products.To learn more, visit our websiteFollow the pod on X | Nostr | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Facebook | LinkedIn | TikTokJoin in on the conversation at our Progressive Bitcoiner Community telegram group!The Team: Producer/Editor: @DamienSomerset | Branding/Art: @Daniel | Website: @EvanPrim Get full access to TPB Weekly Digest at progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I continue my investigation into the pros and cons of Universal Basic Income as a potential solution to the ongoing increases in automation from robotics and Artificial Intelligence and subsequent job losses. In one of my earlier podcasts ‘Income Inequality: We've botched it” I showed how the benefits of significant automation and productivity increases afforded by robotics have been funneled into the hands of the top 1% of society, leaving the rest of us in a declining standard of living with most families having to go to dual incomes with less free time just to make ends meet. In the last episode I interviewed Karl Widerquist to discuss the likely economic impacts of the ongoing AI revolution, and the feasibility of introducing UBI. In the past I've also interviewed Mr. Floyd Marinescu, CEO and founder of UBI Works on the feasibility of this concept.  Today I'm interviewing a recognized authority on UBI and I'll be challenging him on some of the more controversial aspects. Scott Santens has been researching and advocating for the concept of unconditional universal basic income (or UBI) since 2013. He is the Founder and President of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA Foundation) and also serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today — a daily UBI news hub. Scott was acknowledged by former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang as one of those who helped shape his thinking. He has recently published a book entitled 'Let there be money', about UBI and how to pay for it. Support the podcast at patron.podbean.com/TheRationalView Send me your opinions on this episode on Facebook @TheRationalView

The idea of a basic income has been around for decades, and it once drew support from leaders as different as Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon. Bernie Sanders supports it, as does Richard Branson. Andrew Yang has made it the centerpiece of his primary presidential platform. But- What exactly is UBI? I discuss all the ins and outs with expert Scott Santens on this weeks episode.

In our final episode in our mini-series on the future of work, we are joined by universal basic income (UBI) advocate and writer Scott Santens. Scott is the founder and president of the Income To Support All Foundation (ITSA Foundation), the Senior Advisor for Humanity Forward, and he also serves on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today. In this episode, we chat with Scott about the viability of a UBI, the philosophical and political arguments in favor of a UBI, and the importance of destigmatizing the concept of free money. Interested listeners should check out Scott's debut book about UBI and how to pay for it, Let There Be Money.

About the Book: What is money? How is it created? What's the point of taxes and how should they be implemented? Are federal deficits bad for the economy? Would abolishing poverty lead to higher inflation? Is inflation something to avoid? These are just some of the questions Scott Santens explores in order to answer the biggest question of all about the concept of universal basic income (UBI) and virtually all government spending in general: "How do we pay for it?"Utilizing modern monetary theory (MMT), Santens leads readers through a fascinating journey. He connects the economic dots in a way everyone can understand in order to clearly see the big picture that is humanity's relationship to money and what's truly possible with it if used to its maximum potential.With a shift from money-based thinking to resource-based thinking, Santens masterfully communicates the need for MMT to be embraced by policymakers, and the need for MMT advocates to embrace UBI and evidence-based policymaking. MMT's incorporation of UBI provides us the means to finally build an economy that works for everyone, built with a mindset of abundance on an unconditional foundation of human rights and opportunity for all.

Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) more appropriate today than decades ago? Author Scott Santens literally wrote the book advocating for UBI, “Let There Be Money.” He has been researching the concept since 2013 and his work shaped the thinking of former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang. He argues how the decoupling of wages from productivity has driven inequality as the total national productivity have flowed to fewer and fewer people. He considers all the factors: Where does the money come from for basic income? Wouldn't it cost more than the entire federal budget to provide everyone basic income? Should it really go to everyone, or would it be better to target it to those who need it the most? Will it give the government too much power?

About the Book: What is money? How is it created? What's the point of taxes and how should they be implemented? Are federal deficits bad for the economy? Would abolishing poverty lead to higher inflation? Is inflation something to avoid? These are just some of the questions Scott Santens explores in order to answer the biggest question of all about the concept of universal basic income (UBI) and virtually all government spending in general: "How do we pay for it?"Utilizing modern monetary theory (MMT), Santens leads readers through a fascinating journey. He connects the economic dots in a way everyone can understand in order to clearly see the big picture that is humanity's relationship to money and what's truly possible with it if used to its maximum potential.With a shift from money-based thinking to resource-based thinking, Santens masterfully communicates the need for MMT to be embraced by policymakers, and the need for MMT advocates to embrace UBI and evidence-based policymaking. MMT's incorporation of UBI provides us the means to finally build an economy that works for everyone, built with a mindset of abundance on an unconditional foundation of human rights and opportunity for all.

Andrew and UBI advocate Scott Santens sit down to talk about the lasting repercussions of the pandemic, the impact of cash relief on inflation, how generative AI tools like ChatGPT have changed the conversation on basic income, and the remaining barriers to implementing UBI. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p0AtC3QKtJM Follow Scott Santens: https://scottsantens.com | https://twitter.com/scottsantens Follow Andrew Yang: https://forwardparty.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week: Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials have taken place all over the world from Namibia to Alaska. We talk with researcher and advocate Scott Santens about the future of the basic income and the impact of the pandemic. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/universal-basic-income-with-scott-santens/ Subscribe to our new podcast, The Unlearn Project. You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on Flipboard, LinkedIn, Twitter and WeChat. Send us your news ideas to sbi@sydney.edu.au. We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials have taken place all over the world from Namibia to Alaska. We talk with researcher and advocate Scott Santens about the future of the basic income and the impact of the pandemic. Sandra Peter (Sydney Business Insights) and Kai Riemer (Digital Futures Research Group) meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business in The Future, This Week. You can find transcripts, links for the curious and more episodes on our website: https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/universal-basic-income-with-scott-santens/ Subscribe to our new podcast, The Unlearn Project. You can follow us to keep updated with our latest insights on Flipboard, LinkedIn, Twitter and WeChat. Send us your news ideas to sbi@sydney.edu.au. We read your emails. Music by Cinephonix.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/support

In this episode Steve and Adam are joined with Scott Santens a Universal Basic Income advocate (UBI). He brings a very educated and well thought out plan on how to fix economical inequality in America. What if I told you his biggest push back doesn't come from fiscally conservative republicans? Listen to find out more details!

Scott Santens joins us to discuss his article on how MMT & UBI CAN co-exist and how we make it happen!   Plus we'll dissect last night's election results!   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange  __  ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23 ☀️ PATREON: patreon.com/JENerationalChange

While the conversation around a universal basic income - a government program which provides every adult with regular cash payments - has gained traction in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic turned the fringe experimental program into a reality for millions of people around the globe. Facing skyrocketing unemployment and an impending economic crisis, some governments decided to act swiftly and without conditions: they transferred cash directly into the hands of all their citizens - regardless of age, income, or geography. Proponents of UBI see the pandemic era handouts as proof that the program works. COVID-19 exacerbated income inequality and sped up technological innovation which disproportionately hurt lower wage earners and marginalized communities. Direct cash payments offered financial security to society's most vulnerable and helped transform the broken relationship between individuals and the labour market. It bought precious time and resources for those seeking new economic opportunities in a rapidly-changing workforce. Critics worry that UBI disincentivizes work and rewards indolence. They point to pandemic recovery rehiring difficulties as proof that getting cash handouts without strings attached encourages people to stay out of the workforce all together. Re-positioning government into the role of economic provider threatens individual aspiration for self-reliance and betterment. Furthermore, the already well-off do not need to benefit from cash handouts. If the government wants to address racial and economic injustices it would have much more success by enriching already existing social welfare programs that target those most in need. Arguing for the motion is Scott Santens, Senior Advisor to Humanity Forward and Editor of Basic Income Today. Arguing against the motion is Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass and author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America. QUOTES: SCOTT SANTENS “Basic income is an acknowledgement that everyone has basic needs, and we should make sure that those absolute most basic needs are being met at all times.” OREN CASS “It has always been an American tradition to value reciprocity, and a universal basic income runs directly against that.” Sources: ABC News, Global, Yang Speaks, CNBC, Newzroom Afrika The host of the Munk Debates is Rudyard Griffiths - @rudyardg.   Tweet your comments about this episode to @munkdebate or comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/munkdebates/ To sign up for a weekly email reminder for this podcast, send an email to podcast@munkdebates.com. To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at https://munkdebates.com/membership Members receive access to our 10+ year library of great debates in HD video, a free Munk Debates book, newsletter and ticketing privileges at our live events. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue - https://munkdebates.com/ The Munk Debates podcast is produced by Antica, Canada's largest private audio production company - https://www.anticaproductions.com/   Executive Producer: Stuart Coxe, CEO Antica Productions Senior Producer: Ricki Gurwitz Editor: Kieran Lynch Associate Producer: Abhi Raheja

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/support

Andrew reunites with Scott Santens, one of our foremost experts on Universal Basic Income. Tune in as they discuss how Scott got into UBI, where the UBI movement is going, and more. Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MsIfrty2xN0 Follow Scott Santens: https://twitter.com/scottsantens | https://www.instagram.com/scottsantens Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/AndrewYang | https://instagram.com/andrewyang Follow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann | https://instagram.com/zachgraumann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The idea of a basic income has been around for decades, and it once drew support from leaders as different as Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon. Bernie Sanders supports it, as does Richard Branson and Elon Musk. Andrew Yang has made it the centerpiece of his primary presidential platform. But- What exactly is UBI? I discuss all the ins and outs with expert Scott Santens on this weeks episode.

Scott Santens is a writer and full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). In this episode, we go deep on the case for (and against) UBI, from philosophical, economic, moral, and socio-political perspectives.Check out Ground News - The world's first news comparison platform. Download the Ground News App for free: https://ground.news/zubyFollow Zuby - https://twitter.com/zubymusic​ Follow Scott - https://twitter.com/scottsantensSupport Zuby on Patreon - https://patreon.com/zubymusic​ Special thanks to GOLD TIER Patreon members: Ebele Achor, Adam Patterson, Joseph Skelton, Darla Aranda, Andrea Mucelli, Matt Gallagher & Matthew Steinfeld! Subscribe to the 'Real Talk With Zuby' podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & more - https://fanlink.to/zubypodcast​ Website - https://zubymusic.com​ Online Store - https://teamzuby.com​ 'Strong Advice: Zuby's Guide to Fitness For Everybody' eBook - https://gumroad.com/l/zubyfitness

In this episode, we dive deep into the issues of affordable housing, homelessness, and how UBI could impact them. Scott Santens is one of the leading advocates for UBI on social media. March Gallagher is the Comptroller of Ulster County, where a UBI pilot was just announced a week after this episode was recorded. Kevin O'Connor is a CEO of RUPCO, a nonprofit that builds quality affordable housing in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. TZxaLzh25OLzImR9oosN --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forge-collective8/message

Acknowledged by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People as one of those who helped shape his thinking, and described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there," Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded basic income since 2016 and has been researching and advocating for UBI around the world since 2013. He is currently serving on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and is the editor of Basic Income Today, a daily UBI news hub. In 2020, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to Mike Broihier in his campaign for US Senate against Mitch McConnell and is now advising mayors around the US on their cities' guaranteed income pilots, including in his home city of New Orleans. https://www.scottsantens.com Lego Video referenced in episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL5sMK1OhnU&feature=emb_logo To support this podcast, please visit www.kindful.activistheology.com. To follow Activist Theology on Twitter: @activistheology To follow Activist Theology on Instagram: @activistheology To follow Activist Theology on Facebook: @activistheology To be in touch with Dr. Robyn: robyn@activistheology.com or @irobyn To be in touch with Rev. Anna: anna@activistheology.com or @unholyhairetic

Acknowledged by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People as one of those who helped shape his thinking, and described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there," Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded basic income since 2016 and has been researching and advocating for UBI around the world since 2013. He is currently serving on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and is the editor of Basic Income Today, a daily UBI news hub. In 2020, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to Mike Broihier in his campaign for US Senate against Mitch McConnell and is now advising mayors around the US on their cities' guaranteed income pilots, including in his home city of New Orleans. https://www.scottsantens.com Lego Video referenced in episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL5sMK1OhnU&feature=emb_logo To support this podcast, please visit www.kindful.activistheology.com. To follow Activist Theology on Twitter: @activistheology To follow Activist Theology on Instagram: @activistheology To follow Activist Theology on Facebook: @activistheology To be in touch with Dr. Robyn: robyn@activistheology.com or @irobyn To be in touch with Rev. Anna: anna@activistheology.com or @unholyhairetic

In today's episode:Trump's impeachment trial begins and is voted constitutional, Georgia takes first steps to investigating Trump from election fraud, Boyce and friends float Scott Santens as UBI lobbyist, MGI gets a new recruit, New org plans to set up UBI exhibitions across Europe, and More!Links and transcript found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g7Ld-DFXbwUpaB4brR8TZEt0uAUs_jGx3NFTL6c5u9Q/edit?usp=sharingHelp make this podcast possible at: https://www.patreon.com/YangDailyMessage me @YangDailyCast or YangDailyPodcast@gmail.com!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcx_EbiZhhRhvvjFdZryPCQ/videos

We are pushing our conversations to the next level! Upcoming guests include Lagusta Yearwood, owner of Lagusta's Luscious, and Ken Greene, founder of Hudson Valley Seed Library; Jen Metzger, the State Senator from 2019 through 2020 in the 42nd district of New York State, and Nels Leader, the CEO of Bread Alone, a Hudson Valley based popular bakery; Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher and Scott Santens, the go-to expert on Universal Basic Income on social media; Jim Pugh and Owen Poindexter, hosts of the Basic Income Podcast; Christine Hein, Executive Director of People's Place in Kingston, and Michael Berg, Director of Family of Woodstock. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forge-collective8/message

Scott Santens is a writer and full-time advocate for unconditional basic income (UBI). He's the editor of Basic Income Today, a daily UBI news hub, and hosts The Scott Santens UBI Enterprise. ♻️ Scott's Twitter: @ScottSantens ♻️ Scott's Website: BasicIncomeToday.com ♻️ Scott's Patreon: patreon.com/scottsantens ♻️ Scott's SubReddit: r/BasicIncome __ Scott's Selected Writings: ♻️ Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income? https://medium.com/working-life/why-s... ♻️ Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck https://medium.com/basic-income/self-... ♻️ Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines https://medium.com/basic-income/deep-... ♻️ Robots will take your job https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/201... __ Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ https://www.patreon.com/JENerationalC... __ ☀️WEBSITE: JenerationalChange.com ☀️TWITTER: @JENFL23 ☀️FACEBOOK: @Jenerational Change ☀️INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23 ☀️PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JENerationalC...

Unconditional Basic Income. People around the world are in desperate need of economic relief in a pandemic that has exposed and exacerbated extreme levels of disparity and poverty. A basic income could be the solution. In this episode, we speak with Scott Santens, a writer and advocate for UBI who is also the first person to crowdfund his own poverty-level basic income. We ask about his argument for UBI, the barriers to achieving it, and the future he sees possible for humanity.

Had a great, one on one, talk with Scott Santens this afternoon. We thoroughly discussed UBI, VAT and other economic policies. Includes discussion about Andrew Yang, Donald Trump and the #YangGang. www.scottsantens.com www.MikeForKY.com Follow me on Twitter @T4YPodcast From Yang2020.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/t4ypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/t4ypodcast/support

Sarah discusses her proposed Guaranteed Basic Income pilot and is later joined by Scott Santens, full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income.

Scott Santens, writer, full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI), and editor of Basic Income Today was my guest on this episode of Chatter. I first heard of the idea of Universal Basic Income during my time at university and have been fascinated by the idea ever since. I've thought for quite a while that at some point in the future we may need to adopt some form of basic income to help offset the loss of jobs from automation (and right now because of covid) and this was a fantastic excuse to get Scott on my show to quiz him on everything UBI. We get into how to pay for it, why we should be pushing for it now, the creation of a gift economy, and how UBI could drive us away from cheap- throwaway consumerism. If you haven't already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don't forget, my book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You'll find the link in the description below. [**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6) [***Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant***](https://pcast.link/chatter/) ***RESOURCES*** [https://www.scottsantens.com/](https://www.scottsantens.com/) [https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens](https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens) [https://twitter.com/scottsantens](https://twitter.com/scottsantens) [https://basicincometoday.com/](https://basicincometoday.com/) Follow us on [Facebook]( https://www.facebook.com/justgivemethejist/) or [Twitter]( https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist) or [sign up for our mailing list here]( http://eepurl.com/cSmT7v) to get information on my upcoming book, [Brexit: The Establishment Civil War](http://www.establishmentcivilwar.co.uk/). Music from Just Jim - [https://soundcloud.com/justjim](https://soundcloud.com/justjim)

Scott Santens, writer, full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI), and editor of Basic Income Today was my guest on this episode of Chatter. I first heard of the idea of Universal Basic Income during my time at university and have been fascinated by the idea ever since. I’ve thought for quite a while that at some point in the future we may need to adopt some form of basic income to help offset the loss of jobs from automation (and right now because of covid) and this was a fantastic excuse to get Scott on my show to quiz him on everything UBI. We get into how to pay for it, why we should be pushing for it now, the creation of a gift economy, and how UBI could drive us away from cheap- throwaway consumerism. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You’ll find the link in the description below. PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant RESOURCES https://www.scottsantens.com/ https://www.facebook.com/scottsantens https://twitter.com/scottsantens https://basicincometoday.com/ Follow us on Facebook or Twitter or sign up for our mailing list here to get information on my upcoming book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War. Music from Just Jim - https://soundcloud.com/justjim

Part 4 - 33:45 - Jamarl Thomas on leaving behind a Democratic Party establishment that rejects the demands of the majority - Ron Placone on our dismal two-party electoral options - Maebe A Girl on the importance of electing representatives from the 99% at all levels of government - Niko House on focusing on policies instead of cults of personality and how unrepresented we are by the duopoly - Massey Branscomb on how to do good no matter what your lot in life - Scott Santens on how we can end poverty and build a just society through an unconditional basic income

Paget Kagy speaks with Scott Santens about how COVID has shifted his predicted timeline of a universal basic income being implemented in the US, his feelings about the current state of affairs, and addresses common arguments against UBI.

In today's episode:Mayor Cantrell joins the Mayors For AGI and Scott Santens helps design her UBI, Biden promises tax credit for corporations using American labor, Unemployment claims continue to rise, Census data shows Americans are in dire straits, Social Progress Index reveals America is the fastest declining nation in quality of life, Social Dilemma studies social media and data's impact on social health and democracy, An author lays out the potential outcomes of the election, Yang goes in hard on McMahon in Vliet interview, and More!Links and transcript found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GHn7iqB6Y1okpmtxsWrd3QAtl_zFwu2tDyQ1yHoxZ_I/edit?usp=sharingHelp make this podcast possible at: https://www.patreon.com/YangDailyMessage me @YangDailyCast or YangDailyPodcast@gmail.com!

On today's episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan talked about a variety of topics from the current spike in COVID-19 cases to innovative ways to fight climate change to game theory as it applies to our economy.Guests:Dr. Mikhail Kogan - Medical Director at the George Washington Center for Integrative Medicine | COVID SpikeDr. Guy McPherson - Internationally Recognized Speaker, award-winning scientist, world's leading authority on abrupt climate change | Dealing With Extreme Climate Change.Scott Santens - Writer, full-time advocate for UNCONDITIONAL Basic Income (UBI) | Action to Save the EconomyIn the first hour monologue, Jamarl Sounded alarm bells over President Trump's incorrect predictions on the COVID-19 pandemic and said he was putting economic interests over health.Also in the first hour, Jamarl and Shane spoke with Dr. Mikhail Kogan, who said that a lot of people not only don't seem to take the virus seriously, but also are not implementing the recommended policies. He also said that summer heat doesn't seem to have continued to flatten the curve and predicted more restrictive measures will be put into place.In the second hour, the hosts talked to leading climate change expert Dr. Guy McPherson, who discussed his long-term work as a climate scientist and said that it's been met largely with derision, plagiarism, and contempt. He also discussed a new project he's working on with a colleague from Harvard that involves using mirrors to reflect the sun's energy back and said he hoped the project would find funding.In the third hour, the hosts talked to Unconditional Basic Income advocate Scott Santens, who discussed the need to stimulate spending as a way to combat the economic troubles created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discussed the history of the game Monopoly, and Scott pointed out there is an alternative version called Prosperity that allowed everyone to win, something he said is a very different model then we use in our current economy.

Scott Santens on the case for Unconditional Basic Income. You can find out more about him on Twitter at @ScottSantens or at ScottSantens.com. The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehardyreport/support

Mayor Michael Tubbs of Stockton, CA and Scott Santens join us to talk about the case for Universal Basic Income (UBI).

Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been advocated in various forms by Thomas Paine, Andrew Yang, Milton Friedman, and Richard Nixon: a minimum income floor available to all Americans. How does it stack up compared to our existing welfare state? How would it work, and can we afford it? Scott Santens is a UBI proponent who has advised Andrew Yang on UBI, and is now senior policy advisor to Mike Broihier. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Gerald Huff Fund For Humanity.

Scott Santens is a founding member of the Economic Security Project, an adviser to the Universal Income Project, a founding committee member of Basic Income Action, committee member of the US Basic Income Guarantee Network, and founder of the BIG Patreon Creator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our economy is in a nosedive, millions are out of work, and the Fed says the future is bad. What should be done? And is UBI part of the answer? Join us for a discussion with Scott Santens, UBI expert, and Hale Stewart, economic analyst, as we look at how to deal with all of this.

Scott Santens, arguably the greatest mind on Universal Basic Income, graciously gave me permission to "cover" his essay "True Freedom Comes With Basic Income." I'm grateful to him. The opening 6 minutes are my introduction. The rest of the episode is made up of his words. Human Trafficking is a sickness that can be, if not entirely eliminated, certainly at least slowed, by giving everyone the means to survive independent of the work they do. He makes that point brilliantly in this essay. If you would like to support me on Patreon, I could use your help. https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch?fan_landing=true Here is his essay: https://medium.com/basic-income/true-freedom-comes-with-basic-income-7ff1368e170#:~:text=Freedom%20for%20all%E2%80%A6&text=There%20will%20never%20be%20true,all%2C%20with%20unconditional%20basic%20income. The Original Scott Santens podcast is here: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6NDE4Njk1NzEvc291bmRzLnJzcw/episode/YmZiOTkwNDgtMTE3Ni00ZmJhLWFiNDgtNTA1MjM4NDM4YTNj?hl=en&ep=6 You can find his website here: http://www.scottsantens.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/front-porch-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/front-porch-podcast/support

On this episode of Going Underground, we firstly speak to rapper and London mayoral candidate DrillMinister. He discusses tragic deaths in his family due to coronavirus (Covid-19), Boris Johnson sending primary school children back to school amid the pandemic, thousands of elderly deaths in UK care homes, why London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s coronavirus response has made him fear for his safety, the Conservative government’s attempts to blame China for the spread of coronavirus, and more! Next, we speak to Scott Santens, editor of Basic Income Today. He discusses his disappointment with UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak ruling out universal basic income, stating that it is the easiest way to get money into people’s hands with the least bureaucracy possible. He also discusses why furlough schemes in the UK as well as means-tested relief in the US is inefficient, the proposal for a $2,000 universal basic income in the US, Joe Biden’s arguable disappearance amid the pandemic, how a basic income could rescue the United States and countries around the world from a long-lasting Great Depression, and more! Finally, we speak to Sean Stone, director of the 2008 film ‘Singularity,’ in which he arguably foreshadows the events of today where a pandemic virus brings in more mass surveillance. He discusses the rise of modern mass surveillance and why he predicted pandemics would be a catalyst for increasing surveillance, how an unhealthy American population has meant more coronavirus deaths in the United States, and more!

Join Jimmy Sengenberger at the Crossroads with Prof. Walter E. Williams, Angela Rachidi, Michael D. Tanner, and Scott Santens! Jimmy (@SengCenter) talks with AEI's Angela Rachidi (@AngelaRachidi) explores the current state of poverty in America, both in the leadup to the pandemic and during the current crisis, so we can understand the problem. Next, distinguished economist, Prof. Walter E. Williams (@WE_Williams), joins Jimmy to break down what his decades of research says about race and economics and how much poverty and inequality can be blamed on discrimination. Finally, Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael D. Tanner (@MTannerCato) and Fund for Humanity board member Scott Santens (@ScottSantens) offer differing views on UBI and how we can best address poverty and inequality in America today.

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan talked with guests about America's presidential race, the Ahmaud Arbery shooting and case, the history of Ukrainian nationalism, pandemic fears as the real driver of economic shutdowns, and the future of work and welfare.Guests:Ted Rall - Political Cartoonist & Syndicated Columnist | #MeToo Biden ReadeMedea Benjamin - Co-Founder of Human Rights Group Global Exchange and Peace Group 'CODEPINK' | Biden/G20 Women/VenezuelaJareth Copus - Author of 'Ukraine: Forever A Pawn' | The Holodomor & Ukrainian NationalismMark Frost - Economist, professor, consultant, drummer, eagle scout, marine, libertarian'ish | Effects of StimulusScott Santens - Writer and full-time advocate for UNCONDITIONAL Basic Income | Proposed UBI LegislationIn our first hour we were joined by Ted Rall to talk about the accusations Tara Reade has made against Joe Biden, how credulous we should be of each party in this situation, and where the scandal seems to be going as Senate Democrats have muted and mixed responses. After we spoke with Medea Benjamin about the recent attempted overthrow of the Maduro government in Venezuela.In our second hour we spoke with Jareth Copus about the post-WW2 Ukrainian political situation and its waves in modern history. We talked about the influence of the Bandera faction of nationalists on Ukraine's role near the center of the international stage with the Euromaidan revolution and the consequent war in the Donbass.In our third hour we spoke with Mark Frost about the effects of the stimulus bills and the economic shutdowns, and the idea that fear of the pandemic is driving the economic slowdown, not government interventions. After we spoke with Scott Santens about the prospect of Unconditional Basic Income, how it differs from Universal Basic Income, and where the economy and our society might go if we switch to a fully subsidized citizenry.

UBI advocate and policy advisor Scott Santens joins the show to talk about why he believes America needs a Basic Income. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sorryforrambling/support

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan talked with guests about the United States' economic responses to the coronavirus, future and past. We also talked about global monetary and economic policy and how our media outfits are switching to at-home work.Guests:Caleb Maupin - Speaker, writer, journalist, political analyst, and author | Central response to COVID-19 and American bellicosity towards ChinaGlenna Cush - Business consultant, mentor and small business owner | How to access small business relief in the stimulus billScott Santens - Writer and full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income | Scaling up to Unconditional Basic IncomeManila Chan - TV Reporter for RT America | Adapting her media operation during coronavirusTom Luongo - Geopolitical Analyst & Publisher of the Gold Goats 'n Guns Newsletter | Economic impacts We were joined by Caleb Maupin to talk about the need for central responses to crises and the threat of a national security state. We talked about the American view of China during this pandemic as many seek to blame the government for the virus which originated in their country.We were joined by Glenna Cush to talk about small business relief after the CARES act in the stimulus bill set up an application process for small business owners to seek tax breaks and other forms of economic assistance.We were joined by Scott Santens to talk about how we can get to Unconditional Basic Income from the stimulus bill's limited economic support, and the best responses to people's concerns about basic income disincentivizing work.For our last hour we were joined by Manila Chan and Tom Luongo to talk about how they've been adapting to the coronavirus. Manila talked to us about RT's transition to working at home. We also discussed the global economy and global monetary policy with Tom Luongo.

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan talked about Trump's call for America to open back up by Easter, to talk about the state of global quarantine zones, and to talk about what's gone wrong in America's response and what we can all do to make things better.Guests:Alexander Mercouris - Editor-in-Chief at TheDuran.com | UK and European response to COVID-19Margaret Kimberley - Black Agenda Report Editor and Senior Columnist | NYC coronavirus and stimulus billScott Ritter - Former U.N. weapons inspector | NCMI mismanagement of coronavirus responseScott Santens - Writer and full-time advocate for Unconditional Basic Income | Unconditional Basic IncomeKen D. Berry - Family physician for 20 Years, bestselling author, YouTube | Keto immunityWe were joined today by Alexander Mercouris from the United Kingdom to discuss the UK's response to the coronavirus after prime minister Boris Johnson locked down free travel within the country on Monday. We discussed how that has been going, as well as other countries' responses.We were joined next from New York City by Margaret Kimberley, Editor of the Black Agenda Report, to discuss the political turmoil over the stimulus bill due to be passed today through both chambers of Congress and the White House. We also talked about what life is like in the city.We were joined by Scott Ritter to discuss a specific breakdown in America's preparation for and response to the coronavirus, looking specifically at the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a part of the Defense Intelligence Agency tasked with preparing for public health crises -- like a pandemic. We discussed what seems to have gone wrong and what we can do to improve our response.We were joined by Scott Santens to talk about 'Unconditional' Basic Income and the need for real economic change in the face of a crisis as severe as the coronavirus. For our last segment we were joined by Dr. Ken D. Berry to talk about the keto diet and immunity, and to get tips on what you should buy to stock up during lockdown.

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Credited by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People, Scott Santens is one of the masterminds behind the Freedom Dividend policy. He returns to the pod to help us strategize about the future of the Humanity First movement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/movingforward/message

Andrew Yang has a very strong twitter community. In this episode of GangRelated, Scott Santens joins and we discuss Andrew Yang's success, and the rise of the YangGang community. Donate to Andrew Yang!: Links!

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Scott comes on to Nerds for Yang to discuss universal basic income as well as common questions about how it would work, inflation, and impact on workers.

We chat with Scott Santens about Universal Basic Income, the Power to Say No and the Freedom to Say Yes, the Empowerment of Women, the Elimination of Poverty and Exploitation, the Value of Work, Exploration and Trust, Tyranny of Kindness, and the moral case for Andrew Yang.Shoutout to Brendan Carpenter and @Universal72Lies for submitting questionsFollow @ScottSantens on Twitter and bookmark ScottSantens.news for updates. “We’re basically burning giant piles of money not having a basic income" - Scott Santens 

You can’t throw a rock without hitting a wandering conversation about Universal Basic Income these days—but in our office, we’re still skeptical. For the first in a two-episode series exploring guaranteed income and its sister idea, guaranteed jobs, UBI expert Scott Santens and Sukhi Samra, the executive director of a real-life UBI experiment in California, join Nick and Paul to make the case for a universal basic income.  Scott Santens is a prominent UBI advocate with a crowdfunded income via Patreon. As a writer and blogger, his pieces advocating for basic income have appeared in The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, TechCrunch, Vox, the World Economic Forum, and Politico. He is on the board of directors of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, a founding member of the Economic Security Project, an advisor to the Universal Income Project, a founding committee member of Basic Income Action, and founder of the BIG Patreon Creator Pledge.  Twitter: @scottsantens Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens  Sukhi Samra is the Executive Director of the Stockton Empowerment Demonstration (SEED), a pilot program to test a universal basic income in Stockton, CA. SEED is the country’s first-ever city-led Guaranteed Income Initiative.  Twitter: @stocktondemo Further reading: Our Vision for SEED: A Discussion Paper: https://www.stocktondemonstration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SEED-Discussion-Paper.pdf What would a universal basic income mean for America? Stockton thinks it has the answer: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-pol-ca-basic-income-stockton-reparations-20190415-story.html  The Progressive Case for Replacing the Welfare State with Basic Income: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-progressive-case-for_b_12236546 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of MannaCast, we will be talking with Scott Santens about the ever evolving landscape of #UniversalBasicIncome (UBI). Scott is a passionate UBI advocate who speaks and writes frequently on the topic.http://www.scottsantens.com/
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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 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottsantens/support

We talk to writer and UBI advocate Scott Santens about the economic and social benefits of Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend policy. Topics include crowdfunding, universal child allowances, and responses to both left and right wing criticisms of UBI. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/movingforward/message

Described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there" Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded monthly basic income since 2016 and has been a moderator of the Basic Income community on Reddit since 2013. As a writer and blogger, his pieces about basic income have appeared in the World Economic Forum, The Boston Globe, TechCrunch, Vox, The Huffington Post, Politico, Business Insider, and Futurism among others. As a public speaker, he presented at the first World Summit on Technological Unemployment and has given keynotes and participated as a panelist at conferences across the United States and the world. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Basic Income Today, on the board of directors of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and USBIG, Inc., and serves as an advisor to the Economic Security Project and Universal Income Project. He holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and his home is in New Orleans, Louisiana where he's lived since 2009. Learn more about Scott here: www.twitter.com/scottsantens Additional Reading: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/09/27/stop-teaching-students-what-to-think.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We talk to Scott Santens about UBI and Anya shares a story about a heroic dog with us. Article we foundhttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Shelter-Dog-That-Saved-Kittens-Trapped-in-Storm-Drain-Found-His-Forever-Home-508704401.html Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @SGHPodcasts Email us: mcsomethinggoodhappened@gmail.com

The idea of a basic income has been around for decades, and it once drew support from leaders as different as Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon. Bernie Sanders supports it, as does Richard Branson and Elon Musk. Andrew Yang has made it the centerpiece of his primary presidential platform. But- What exactly is UBI? I discuss all the ins and outs with expert Scott Santens on this weeks episode.You can learn more at Scott's website: http://www.scottsantens.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Universal or unconditional basic income has started an interesting conversation about the future of our society. Basic income may hold the answers to simplifying the tax code, fixing unemployment, healthcare, social security, and more. Scott Santens rejoins Justin and Lance to share his experience living with a basic income.tags: basic, income, universal, unconditional, medicare, medicaid, social, security, tax, code, fix, law, government, united states, future, republican, democrat, solution, scott santens, podcast, truechat

Recently, we lost a basic income champion: Gerald Huff. Huff was a technologist, entrepreneur and, at the end of his life, author of Crisis 2038, a sci-fi novel that has basic income as a central plot element. Huff died of pancreatic cancer on November 17th. His daughter, Jane Huff, and basic income advocate Scott Santens joined the podcast to remember Gerald and discuss his novel and basic income advocacy.  Crisis 2038 is available now as an ebook on Amazon, and the paperback version is available for preorder. 

Scott is a really interesting, fascinating & inspiring person. I have rarely heard such a complex topic being delivered in such a way that even I could understand it! Scott offers his own personal experience of living on crowd-sourced basic income & also covers topics such as security, inclusion, stereotype/myth-busting & so much more. Scott can be contacted via any of the following: @scottsantens http://www.scottsantens.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsantens/ Some of the links & references that Scott shared include: @rBasicIncome - Basic income Reddit @humansbasic - Ontario's UBI experiment I also found this after the podcast which is very interesting --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s394ygpIgzE I am very keen to get more people involved in the discussion, from my immediate network & beyond - to review, to challenge, to debate this as it seems to be to be not only a strategic imperative, but a humane imperative, to bring UBI into place. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valuevulnerability/message

Scott Santens is a writer and advocate of basic income for all; Citizen of Earth and New Orleans; Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit; Founder of the BIG Patreon Creator Pledge, and overall a great Human 2.0! Check out Scott's auto-bio here: ou may also know me as "2noame", or as "that basic income guy from the Atlantic article talking about fish", or "that guy on Huffington Post warning about the effects of self-driving trucks in an America without a basic income already in place", or that speaker who presented about the need for basic income at the first World Summit on Technological Unemployment, or that guy who talked about basic income with Nick Hanauer at Brookings. Basically, if you're spent any amount of time looking into the idea of an unconditional basic income, there's a good chance you've read something I've written.I'm a writer and now increasingly an activist spending as much time and resources I have working to spread awareness for the idea of a unconditional basic income (UBI) - one whose time has come here in the 21st century where technology is now forcing our hand. Without an income platform set just above the poverty level as a bare minimum, I believe poverty and inequality will continue to grow, the middle classes will continue to shrink, and the livelihoods of all but the top fifth of society will continue to slip away. But it doesn't have to be that way. We're better than that. We can turn all of this on its head, and instead of things continuing to get worse, we can make things better than they've ever been. We can reduce risk and so propel innovation and creativity to new heights. We can reduce fears of unemployment and purposely eliminate low-skill jobs better performed by machines, freeing us to intrinsically do all the work that drives us. We can stop wasting so many resources on fighting the fires of our lives, and instead prevent them from ever lighting in the first place. We need only make the choice. The path is ours to take.Starting in 2013, my most popular article I'd written about basic income became was "Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?" It made Medium's Top 100 in June 2014, but it was surpassed by my article, "Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck," in 2015 which was republished across multiple media outlets and has likely altogether garnered over 1 million views. In 2016, my article, "Deep Learning is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs are for Machines," garnered over half a million views on Medium and was published in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe. In 2017, my most read article was "The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart." When not writing articles related to basic income, I am further researching the idea, and reading and writing comments as a moderator of the basic income community on Reddit - (/r/BasicIncome), where I've helped grow the community from the less than 2,000 subscribers it had when I joined, to over 50,000 today. I do what I can there to help make it a central place for discussion and learning in hopes of gradually gaining momentum for the social movement it will require to eventually be realized. I also run multiple social media accounts in support of basic income: @BasicIncome, Basic Income on Facebook, @rBasicIncome, rBasicIncome on Facebook, and help with the social media outreach of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG), and now Manna. One of my larger projects in 2014 was helping to organize a week-long series of Q&As; on Reddit (there known as AMAs) for International Basic Income Week with prominent proponents of basic income from all over the world. I repeated this in 2015 with another series of AMAs.Since joining Patreon, I have started my own blog focused on answering frequently asked basic income questions, and my own Facebook page to better spread basic income awareness, and am a contributor to Futurism, the World Economic Forum, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET).At this point I am looking to reach over 1,000 supporters here on Patreon, with a focus on small dollar amount patrons. As I explained in a blog post about security, it is a key emergent component of basic income, and therefore a basic income of $1,000 per month funded by 1,000 people is far more secure and stable than the same amount funded by 100 people. So please, if you support the work I'm doing thanks to the passion I have for helping make this idea happen in the world, please don't worry that $1 per month is too little. To the contrary, that and over 999 others doing the same, is extremely close to the security of a government provided basic income. And the support of 1,000 people here on Patreon will also show that much more support for the idea of basic income itself.If you would like to support my travel to various basic income-related events, I've also setup a separate crowdfund specifically for my travel expenses. For example, making it to each year's Basic Income Earth Network Congress and North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress is beyond the funding abilities of this Patreon focused on basic needs. Those kinds of travel expenses are above and beyond a basic income.- http://www.scottsantens.com/- https://twitter.com/scottsantens- https://medium.com/@2noame- https://www.patreon.com/scottsantensPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Scott Santens is a writer and advocate of basic income for all; Citizen of Earth and New Orleans; Bachelor of Science in Psychology; Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit; Founder of the BIG Patreon Creator Pledge, and overall a great Human 2.0! Check out Scott's auto-bio here: ou may also know me as "2noame", or as "that basic income guy from the Atlantic article talking about fish", or "that guy on Huffington Post warning about the effects of self-driving trucks in an America without a basic income already in place", or that speaker who presented about the need for basic income at the first World Summit on Technological Unemployment, or that guy who talked about basic income with Nick Hanauer at Brookings. Basically, if you're spent any amount of time looking into the idea of an unconditional basic income, there's a good chance you've read something I've written.I'm a writer and now increasingly an activist spending as much time and resources I have working to spread awareness for the idea of a unconditional basic income (UBI) - one whose time has come here in the 21st century where technology is now forcing our hand. Without an income platform set just above the poverty level as a bare minimum, I believe poverty and inequality will continue to grow, the middle classes will continue to shrink, and the livelihoods of all but the top fifth of society will continue to slip away. But it doesn't have to be that way. We're better than that. We can turn all of this on its head, and instead of things continuing to get worse, we can make things better than they've ever been. We can reduce risk and so propel innovation and creativity to new heights. We can reduce fears of unemployment and purposely eliminate low-skill jobs better performed by machines, freeing us to intrinsically do all the work that drives us. We can stop wasting so many resources on fighting the fires of our lives, and instead prevent them from ever lighting in the first place. We need only make the choice. The path is ours to take.Starting in 2013, my most popular article I'd written about basic income became was "Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?" It made Medium's Top 100 in June 2014, but it was surpassed by my article, "Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck," in 2015 which was republished across multiple media outlets and has likely altogether garnered over 1 million views. In 2016, my article, "Deep Learning is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs are for Machines," garnered over half a million views on Medium and was published in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe. In 2017, my most read article was "The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart." When not writing articles related to basic income, I am further researching the idea, and reading and writing comments as a moderator of the basic income community on Reddit - (/r/BasicIncome), where I've helped grow the community from the less than 2,000 subscribers it had when I joined, to over 50,000 today. I do what I can there to help make it a central place for discussion and learning in hopes of gradually gaining momentum for the social movement it will require to eventually be realized. I also run multiple social media accounts in support of basic income: @BasicIncome, Basic Income on Facebook, @rBasicIncome, rBasicIncome on Facebook, and help with the social media outreach of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG), and now Manna. One of my larger projects in 2014 was helping to organize a week-long series of Q&As; on Reddit (there known as AMAs) for International Basic Income Week with prominent proponents of basic income from all over the world. I repeated this in 2015 with another series of AMAs.Since joining Patreon, I have started my own blog focused on answering frequently asked basic income questions, and my own Facebook page to better spread basic income awareness, and am a contributor to Futurism, the World Economic Forum, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET).At this point I am looking to reach over 1,000 supporters here on Patreon, with a focus on small dollar amount patrons. As I explained in a blog post about security, it is a key emergent component of basic income, and therefore a basic income of $1,000 per month funded by 1,000 people is far more secure and stable than the same amount funded by 100 people. So please, if you support the work I'm doing thanks to the passion I have for helping make this idea happen in the world, please don't worry that $1 per month is too little. To the contrary, that and over 999 others doing the same, is extremely close to the security of a government provided basic income. And the support of 1,000 people here on Patreon will also show that much more support for the idea of basic income itself.If you would like to support my travel to various basic income-related events, I've also setup a separate crowdfund specifically for my travel expenses. For example, making it to each year's Basic Income Earth Network Congress and North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress is beyond the funding abilities of this Patreon focused on basic needs. Those kinds of travel expenses are above and beyond a basic income.- http://www.scottsantens.com/- https://twitter.com/scottsantens- https://medium.com/@2noame- https://www.patreon.com/scottsantensPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Maybe you despise work. Maybe you’re apathetic about it. Or maybe work would be bearable if it weren’t for that one co-worker who always… You get the picture. Most people aren’t passionate about their cubicles. We’ve had some interesting guests over the past few weeks, and today, Laurie shares her takeaways from those conversations and some of her own theories on how to fix work, starting with one very important thing: to fix work, you need to fix yourself. Stop living in your head and comparing yourself to others. You ARE going to face things like institutionalized racism, sexism, ageism and more, and that’s terrible. But you can’t let that force you into your own mental prison. If you’re going to fix yourself, you need to live in the present and live mindfully. You need to be an active participant in your own life. Scott Stratton, the author of UnMarketing, was Laurie’s first guest, and he was fearless in burning down his corporate career. The lesson to take from him is that when your job is killing your soul, you should burn down your professional life and build it back up again. You don’t have to do it like Scott did; Laurie argues for a slow, well-planned burn. We had another Scott next, Scott Santens. He’s known as the foremost thinker and speaker on basic income. It’s not welfare; instead, it’s a dividend. Companies hide profits overseas. They lobby the government for their own benefit, not yours. And the money they save isn’t invested in employees, not at all. Laurie explains how the basic income is needed, and why it needed now more than ever. People need to get fairly paid for their work, and that will only happen with wage transparency, both with employees and employers. Laurie challenges you to ask YOUR potential employers a series of questions that, while they might make them uncomfortable, you need to, and have a RIGHT to know. Jason Lauritsen was up next as a guest, and he and Laurie delved into what you can do to get clear on your goal for your work life. Sure, he hates work. But he doesn’t hate working. They talked about his evolution from cubicle to entrepreneurship and doing it the safer way. It all began with learning. Laurie shares another of her insights to work: we fix work by deprioritizing it in our lives. Hard to do? Of course it is! We need to pay our bills. But even when you’re paying your bills, you can still separate your identity from your job title, and Laure tells you how to do it. She also dares you to only give 80% at work. Guest #4 was Amanda Hite, another of Laurie’s friends. Amanda has had an interesting life, and at one point, she had a boss who encouraged her to stay in the closet to advance her career. Really. Now that Amanda is a successful CEO, she wants people to be their whole selves at work, and she campaigns for employees to be heard and honored, even if it makes management a little more challenging. You need to drop the mask you’re wearing on an everyday basis. It’s not doing you any good to pretend to be someone else, to try to fulfill a role that isn’t you. You can’t live two lives. Laurie believes that we can fix work by having a harmonized personality that reflects your passion, your sense of purpose, and our core values. There’s only one you. So be you. Tim Sackett was the next guest, and he is an expert on recruiters. Yes – the Jerry McGuire type of recruiter who fights to put the best talent in the best jobs. Except they aren’t usually like that. Some – or most – are shady paper-pushers who are only in it for the money. It doesn’t have to be that way, but since you can’t change the recruiters, you can be your OWN talent agent. Laurie explains how. Laurie had a careers reporter from Business Insider as her most recent guest. Áine Cain is the type of woman who breaks the barriers and smashes stereotypes for the next generation of workers in offices. From #MeToo to robot workers, Áine has an exciting breadth of knowledge from her role in Business Insider. She also thinks you should smash your own pseudo-science around generational thinking. Laurie shares what you SHOULD be thinking about instead. Are you interested in a ‘Let’s Fix Work’ community, where you can get freebies, early access to the podcast, interact with Laurie and guests? Are you interested in sponsoring the podcast? Let’s talk! Email us at hello@letsfixwork.com. As always, if you like the show, subscribe and leave us a review!

Living wages are a topic of high controversy. Why should someone get paid just for being alive? How can society and business thrive in such an environment? It’s not as hard as you might think and some of the benefits are surprising. Today, Laurie talks with Scott Santens, a proponent of the living wage, and he’ll make you think twice about it. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘basic income,’ Scott lays it bare. It’s where you create an income floor for everyone, universally, that will cover their basic needs. This would remove the need for many welfare programs, but it would do so in a way that supports work. How is this possible? Scott explains the difference between welfare and basic income. He also talks about why welfare punishes you for working and how the people who truly need it are often overlooked. Basic income isn’t just a pipe dream. It’s already happening in one of the United States in the form of a yearly dividend. It’s one of the closest examples of Scott’s idea of basic income and he explains how it works. The most striking bit of data is how it’s increased employment. So who’s going to pay the basic income? Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates? Not entirely; basic income would remove the need for welfare programs, tax credits, and loopholes. He also talks about why figuring the cost of basic income isn’t as simple as multiplying the dollar per person by the number of people in the program. When you talk about redistributing wealth, you’ll hear arguments that the wealthy are being punished for being successful and similar. Scott defends basic income against many of the common objections, including how innovation and investment in America could be stifled by it. Laurie and Scott get to the heart of the matter: if you give people money to live, why would the bother going to work? Scott’s fresh take on the subject might change your mind if you’re against the basic income. The important part to remember is that while there’s a floor to cover your needs, there’s also no ceiling to what you can make. In addition to that, the ability to say no as a potential employee puts power in the employee's hands. It’s no longer an issue of being forced to take a poverty-level income. Scott talks about his experience living with a basic income, which he crowdsourced. What was the single biggest thing he gained, other than the money? Peace of mind and emotional stability. Imagine what $1,000 per month, per person in your household would free you up to do. Would you pursue your passions and do what you were meant to do? The last question is a doozy. What do you do with people who won’t contribute and only ever take from the system? Scott’s answer is priceless. It’s also backed up with science. It’s called the Einstein Effect. Find Scott Santens on his site, and on Twitter @ScottSantens. If you want more info on basic income, visit BasicIncome.org.  We hope your enjoyed this episode! If so, please subscribe and leave a review! Let’s fix work, together.

Today we have on the show Scott Santens. Scott is a writer and advocate of what’s known as a basic guaranteed income. In this episode we go over the basics of basic income as well as some of the philosophical and cultural questions that arise when considering such a radical policy. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emerge/support

Learn all about basic income with Scott Santens and why it's a growing possibility as work continues to change as we know it. The post Learn All About Basic Income With Scott Santens (176) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

Hello! Welcome to the first episode of Reasons to be Cheerful. In this edition, we'll explore Universal Basic Income (UBI) with Scott Santens.Find out about Ed's exercise humiliation, a near-visit to the Oval Office, and why Geoff's toilet is causing such a stir.AND We're joined by comedian Gráinne Maguire, who brings her ideas to make the world a better place. Think cows in hats, shame by search history and explaining the "joke". FURTHER READINGA great article from Scott Santens A guide to UBI for people who also enjoy animated videoA UK report on UBI by the RSAThe RSA Citizen's Basic Income Trust CONTACT USEmail us on - reasons@cheerfulpodcast.comLike us on FacebookFollow us on twitterLeave us a voicemail on skype - search for "Cheerful Podcast"CONTACT OUR GUESTSScott Santens on TwitterGráinne Maguire on Twitter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt have a discussion with Frantz Pierre--a community activist and organizer who's leading a revolutionary project to educate Los Angeles residents about the benefits of Universal Basic Income via a local, first-of-its-kind, pilot program. But how might Frantz Pierre and other fellow comrades create this program on a citywide scale when the mythology and romance of the “work ethic” and the sin of “laziness” are so indoctrinated in our communities and belief systems? How will we demand “wages” if such an enslaved chunk of our lives--going to jobs we hate--has been entirely automated, and work for the 99% no longer exists? And if and when the argument is truly won, where will the money come from? This podcast will aim to answer those questions. It will also detail why this utopian notion should be viewed as the “New Common Sense” in our global age of shafted, precarious employment, and why UBI is an essential spring-step toward human liberation. Mentioned In This Episode: Frantz Pierre's Twitter Account Information About Pierre's Grassroots Basic Income Project for Los Angeles: The Official Page for The Basic Income Project - Los AngelesThe Facebook Page for The Basic Income Project - Los Angeles To Find Basic Income LA on Twitter The Basic Income Project - Los Angeles Indiegogo Campaign The Millennials Are Killing Everything! Here Is a List of Links and Articles on the Subject of Their Zombie-Schemes to Dismember Everything in Their Blind Rampage-Path: The Millennials' Morbid Obsession with Avocado-Toast Instead of Saving for Their Own Homes, Millennial Couples Aren't Buying Diamonds, They're Killing Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee's, the Napkins Industry, Breastaurants, and More. Do 80% of Small Businesses Really Fail Within the First 18 Months? Fugitive Pieces: The only website on the internet that mentions Jesse's first business: “Soapbox” in Bellingham, Washington: An Anarchist InfoShop (Started in 2005); Matt unearthed an old photo of the shop. Why Community Land Trusts (CLTs) Are Vital to Making Universal Basic Income (UBI) & Guaranteed Housing Work for the Long Term Fast Company: “Everyone in the World Hates Their Jobs--But Americans Hate Theirs the Most” David Graebers' Legendary Essay “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs” Originally Published in Strike Magazine, but Reprinted as “Why Capitalism Creates Pointless Jobs” in Evoncomics Getting Two Workers for the Price of One: Domestic Workers (Often Women) Reproduce the Future Source of Labor Without Financial Reward; For Further Analyses, Here Are Some Fundamental Marxist Views on Domestic Work A Term Rarely Heard (or Felt) by Millennials: “Golden Handcuffs” The Los Angeles Magazine: “Mayor Garcetti Has His First Opponent, Apparently” (Discusses Frantz Pierre's Run for Mayor and His Idea for Dealing with the Drought) Here is Within Reason's YouTube Interview with LA Mayoral Candidate, Frantz Pierre: Part 1 & Part 2. (In the Race for LA's Mayor: 24 People Registered; 11 Made the Ballot with Pierre Coming in Eighth Place in Vote Tally.) Strange Currencies: The LA Chapter of The League of Women Voters Didn't Hold a Debate in 2017; And Corporate-Owned Media (Like the “Esteemed” LA Times) Didn't Bother to Make Visible the Opposition--Relegating Only a Minor Discussion of the Two Top Candidates, but No One Else: Duly Cited Here. Why Basic Income & Housing First Models for the Homeless Are Best When Put Together in the Mixing Pot. Case in Point: the city of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada; It's Homeless Population Has Stayed at Zero for Two Years Running. J.E. King & John Marangos: “Two Arguments for Basic Income: Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and Thomas Spence (1750-1814)” The Biography of Abu Bakr & His Visionary Idea for What We Know Call Universal Basic Income: “The first Muslim caliph, Abu Bakr, introduced a guaranteed minimum standard of income, granting each man, woman, and child ten dirhams annually; this was later increased to twenty dirhams.” Additionally, a wider purview of Bakr's influence in Pakistan and other Muslim nations can be found in Grace Clark's book. The Alaska Permanent Fund: America's Quiet Basic Income Tradition . . . When It Started 1982, Every Alaskan Citizen Got About $1000 a Year. The Modern World's First Experiment with Universal Basic Income Happened in Manitoba, Canada from 1974-79: A History of “Mincome” and Its Results. Scholar and Shaper on the Basic Income Debate, Evelyn L. Forget, Provided the First Breakthrough Study on the Positive Health Effects That Came as a Result of Canada's Mincome Experiment: “The Town With No Poverty.” During Nixon's Administration, When Daniel Patrick Moynihan Served as the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Labor, He Walked Away from America's Potential First Expansion with Basic Income (Called Family Assistance Aid) because of the Professor's Concern with Early Studies Showing Higher Divorce Rates and the Program's Potentially Adverse Effects on Children and the Nuclear Family. Daniel Geary in The Atlantic: “The Moynihan Report: An Annotated Edition” A History of Basic Income Satiric Film-Shorts from CollegeHumor: “How to Tell If You're a Basic Bitch” & “How to Tell If You're a Basic Bro” “Fair Enough” as a Uniquely Irish Phrase The Importance of Storytelling and Testimony for The Basic Income Project Here's Why Frantz and Other Comrades Are Doing an Education-Based Basic Income Campaign . . . A Promotional Trailer for The Basic Income Project - Los Angeles Scott Santen's Essay, “How to Reform Welfare and Taxes to Provide Every American Citizen with a Basic Income” The Guardian: “Stephen Hawking Blames Tory Politicians for Damaging NHS” Learning Why Deflation Benefits the 1%, While Inflation Is Great for the 99% in Novara Radio's Interview: “The Production of Money: In Conversation with Ann Pettifor.”BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network): “Will Basic Income Cause Inflation?” The New York Times: “Guaranteed Income for All? Switzerland's Voters Say No Thanks” (In Article: “About 77 percent of voters rejected a plan to give a basic monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs, or about $2,560, to each adult, and 625 francs for each child under 18, regardless of employment status, to fight poverty and social inequality and guarantee a ‘dignified' life to everyone.”) Rutger Bregman's TEDTalk: “Poverty Isn't a Lack of Character; It's a Lack of Cash” The United States' Bureau of Labor and Statistics: Union Membership Rates in Private (6%) Versus Public (34%) Workplaces Spain's Largest & Most Legendary Worker Co-Op: Mondragon Corporation Business Insider: “8 High-Profile Entrepreneurs Who Have Endorsed Universal Basic Income” The Los Angeles Times: “Full Employment: Dangers in Good Times” The Los Angeles Times: “California Faces a Looming Teacher Shortage, and the Problem Is Getting Worse” National Public Radio (NPR): “Where Have All the Teachers Gone?” The Los Angeles Times: “If California's a 'Bad State for Business,' Why Is It Leading the Nation in Job and GDP growth?” Global Voices: “Are Employee Transportation Allowances the Cause of Japan's Commuter Hell?” The New Republic: “I'm Insanely Jealous of Sweden's Work-Family Policies. You Should Be, Too.” Heather Long in The Guardian (U.S. Edition): “Americans Love to Ask People ‘What Do You Do' It's a Habit We Should Break” Why Is It a Chinese Custom to Ask How Much You Make? ABCNews: “Research: Older adults are happiest Americans” The Guardian: “Does Early Retirement Mean an Early Death?” The Telegraph: “Find a Hobby and Get Happy, Danish Style”Martin Luther King's Speech Advocating for Guaranteed Income at Stanford University (1967) To Email with Queries About Frantz's Project or Get Involved In This Movement: BasicIncomeLA@gmail.comTwo Podcasts and Their Respective Episodes That Jesse & Matt Referenced as Sources Throughout Our Discussion with Frantz: The UPSTREAM Podcast: Universal Basic Income - “Part One: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?” The FREAKONOMICS Podcast: “Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income? Other Links Exploring UBI (But Not Mentioned in the Podcast): Bootstraps: An In-Development Documentary in Support of Universal Basic Income From The Website's Concept Description: “Twenty Americans from all walks of life have just won a lottery: a guaranteed check every week that's big enough to cover basic living expenses. What will they do with this opportunity?” Scott Santens in Medium: “The BIG Library: Books About Basic Income” The Huffington Post: “A Universal Basic Income is the Future”  The Boston Review: “No Racial Justice Without Basic Income”    Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: thefutureisamixtape@gmail.com Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Universal income advocate, writer, and moderator of the /BasicIncome/ subreddit Scott Santens joined the program to discuss the movement for a universal, guaranteed income for all Americans!

Scott Santens, a writer and an advocate for universal basic income, talks about why he believes “citizen's salary” is a necessary measure for our societies to deal with tech unemployment by providing an independent income floor.

Scott Santens shares his thoughts about how we'll define work in the future and how might people find meaning beyond traditional forms of employment, especially when robots take over most traditional forms of work. GUEST Scott Santens, Writer and Basic Income advocate. He is associated with the United States Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Action, and Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. *Learn more about his unique patreon in his own words: fdhsfhdsfhshdsh *And be sure to contribute to it here: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens   LISTENER FEEDBACK What do you think? Will robots and AI really take all or most of our jobs? What types of work will people take on if they didn’t need to work at all? What kind of work would you take on? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com. MORE QUANTUMRUN PODCASTS Listen to full podcast episodes at: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast SUPPORT THE PODCAST Want to support the show? Then be sure to subscribe, like, heart, share, review, and recommend this podcast to your friends. The more support we get from fans like you, the more often we can publish new episodes. It really does help!

  Scott Santens shares his thoughts about the top three impacts a UBI will have on how society functions. He covers how society might react or adjust to living with a UBI. GUEST Scott Santens, Writer and Basic Income advocate. He is associated with the United States Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Action, and Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. *Learn more about his unique patreon in his own words: fdhsfhdsfhshdsh *And be sure to contribute to it here: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens   LISTENER FEEDBACK What do you think? Will robots and AI really take all or most of our jobs? What types of work will people take on if they didn’t need to work at all? What kind of work would you take on? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com. MORE QUANTUMRUN PODCASTS Listen to full podcast episodes at: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast SUPPORT THE PODCAST Want to support the show? Then be sure to subscribe, like, heart, share, review, and recommend this podcast to your friends. The more support we get from fans like you, the more often we can publish new episodes. It really does help!

Scott Santens shares his thoughts about how governments might implement a UBI after such a program gets approved into law. GUEST Scott Santens, Writer and Basic Income advocate. He is associated with the United States Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Action, and Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. *Learn more about his unique patreon in his own words: fdhsfhdsfhshdsh *And be sure to contribute to it here: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens LISTENER FEEDBACK What do you think? Will robots and AI really take all or most of our jobs? What types of work will people take on if they didn’t need to work at all? What kind of work would you take on? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com. MORE QUANTUMRUN PODCASTS Listen to full podcast episodes at: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast SUPPORT THE PODCAST Want to support the show? Then be sure to subscribe, like, heart, share, review, and recommend this podcast to your friends. The more support we get from fans like you, the more often we can publish new episodes. It really does help!

In this episode of the Life in 2030 podcast, we explore how the automation revolution will make our current beliefs around employment obsolete and what life will be like when we no longer need to work to get by. (Subscribe to the Life in 2030 podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or YouTube.) SPECIAL GUESTS *Andrew Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union and currently a Fellow at Columbia Universit. His new book — Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income can renew our economy and rebuild the American dream — is out now and available for order here: http://raisingthefloorbook.com/# *Scott Santens, Writer, and Basic Income advocate. He is associated with the United States Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Action, and Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. Learn more about his unique patreon in his own words: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast/episodes/scott-santens-explains-his-unique-patreon-campaign/ And be sure to contribute to it here: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens   LISTENER FEEDBACK What do you think? Will robots and AI really take all or most of our jobs? What types of work will people take on if they didn’t need to work at all? What kind of work would you take on? Send us your thoughts at Feedback@Quantumrun.com. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com. Or feel free to post a comment in one of our Future of Work articles, also published on Quantumrun.com. We go into way more detail about this topic there. LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC This podcast was based off of this article in our Future of Work series: http://www.quantumrun.com/prediction/after-age-mass-unemployment-future-work-p7 We also discuss these topics in our Future of Work series here: http://www.quantumrun.com/series/future-work MORE LIFE IN 2030 Listen to more podcast episodes at: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast CREDITS Executive producer, writer and narrator: David Tal, President of Quantumrun. Reach him @DavidTalWrites across all social media. Producer and podcast editor: Kaelah Shimonov All music heard throughout this podcast was composed by Karl Gutowski.   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Want to support the show? Then be sure to subscribe, like, heart, share, review, and recommend this podcast to your friends. The more support we get from fans like you, the more often we can publish new episodes. It really does help.

In this episode I speak with Scott Santens, a writer and advocate for basic income, the economic idea of providing with all citizens an unconditional basic income guarantee sufficient to meet minimal living needs. We discuss the merits of this idea, the potential problems it can address, clearing some of the misconceptions, and tackle some of the common objections. Show notes: Scott Santens’ Website Basic Income Subreddit BasicIncome.org

Paul Waldman, from The American Prospect, will tell us why he thinks the media will need to change the way it covers President Trump by pressuring him to tell the truth, or face getting “steamrolled.” Zöe Carpenter, from The Nation Magazine, will join us to discuss the Senate confirmation hearing on Betsy DeVos, and why Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education didn't come close to making the grade. Writer and advocate for universal basic income, Scott Santens will explain how a “social security for all” plan would keep U.S. Citizens out of poverty. America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, will tell us why New Jersey Senator, Corey Booker, has ruined his chance of becoming the next Democratic Superstar. And Michael Brooks from The Majority Report will be here to rundown some of the biggest news stories of the week.

Scott Santens explains his unique Patreon campaign that has allowed him to crowdsource his UBI, and eventually, a UBI for others. GUEST Scott Santens, Writer and Basic Income advocate. He is associated with the United States Basic Income Guarantee Network, Basic Income Action, and Moderator of the /r/BasicIncome community on Reddit. *Learn more about his unique patreon in his own words: fdhsfhdsfhshdsh *And be sure to contribute to it here: https://www.patreon.com/scottsantens     LISTENER FEEDBACK What do you think? Will robots and AI really take all or most of our jobs? What types of work will people take on if they didn’t need to work at all? What kind of work would you take on? Share your thoughts in the comments below. We’ll publish the most thoughtful feedback on our website, Quantumrun.com. MORE QUANTUMRUN PODCASTS Listen to full podcast episodes at: http://www.quantumrun.com/podcast SUPPORT THE PODCAST Want to support the show? Then be sure to subscribe, like, heart, share, review, and recommend this podcast to your friends. The more support we get from fans like you, the more often we can publish new episodes. It really does help!

Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interview Basic Income expert and advocate, Scott Santens (@ScottSantens) about the concept of a Basic Income. With growing unemployment, massive government bureaucracy, and lack of individual freedom in the current welfare system, Basic Income is a bi-partisan policy that has been proven in many test samples to solve some of our current issues. This passionate and thoughtful podcast guest explains many of the misconceptions about this progressive policy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-box-podcast/support

Join Greg Carlwood of The Higherside Chats podcast a he talks Universal Basic Income with his guest, Scott Santens. An important piece to the conspiracy puzzle is finding solutions to problems long identified. Instead of grandiose ideas of a technocratic utopia and pipe dream paradigms of exotic technologies firmly locked behind the gates of possibility for decades, moderator of the Basic Income community of Reddit, Scott Santens walks us through real, practical solutions we can fight for now. Greg and Scott walk through viable options for providing maximum optionality, circumventing the debt based system of rule and breaking the chains of economic slavery using something within our grasp. 2:24 Greg and Scott begin by helping to define the concept of a Universal Basic Income. Given on an individual level, the basic income is an unconditional, separate and permanent income stream meant to help pay for basic needs of citizens. As Scott explains, to be considered a basic income, the amount must cover the essentials, and usually hovers near the poverty line. 6:45 Addressing one of the most prominent criticisms, Greg and Scott help set the record straight about the "welfare for all" myth. Scott elaborates on the concept that under our current system, welfare pays people to do nothing, but basic income would pay people do anything. With poverty cliffs disincentivizing people to work and fear they may have to forfeit their benefits, Scott explains how Finland is using basic income to grow the job markets. 14:20 While some may still have a hard time conceptualizing the finer details associated with the basic income, the great white state Alaska, serves as a case study after having implemented a similar system for residents. Since 1982, residents have been receiving dividend payments from a state controlled investment fund. As Scott points out, Alaska has been able to turn a non-renewable resource into a permanent, renewable source of income, securing it's post as a leader among states with residents with the highest well being, the lowest overall poverty levels and lowest wealth inequality. 24:50 Greg and Scott discuss how a basic income is consistent with any philosophy from conservatives to liberals, and libertarians to socialists. Listen as Scott explains how the basic income theory is universal and details the appeal from various philosophical perspectives. Greg and Scott also examine the growing need for a universal basic income due to the rise in technology and the best ways to incorporate this into a new, simplified tax code.   31:45 Continuing with the discussion of taxation, Greg and Scott detail the best possible options to restructure the current tax code to include things such as a Pigovian tax, and debt-free publicly created money. Although money should be considered as a public good, under our current system, money is not accessible to all citizens and even then, for most comes with the added price of interest. Scott contends money should be born in the hands of the people rather than bankers. Under this new paradigm, the need for an ever growing economy to cover the cost of accrued interest would disappear, leaving a more sustainable system for citizens. 36:30 Can we really afford this? Listen as Greg and Scott detail the best ways to look at the overall cost. As Scott explains, the introduction of a universal basic income, while deceptively seeming more expensive than we can afford, when all costs are considered, is less than many originally think. Additionally, with the introduction of the universal basic income, the need for various social programs already in place drastically declines, as many people would no longer qualify for such benefits. 42:10 Addressing another aspect of the universal basic income, Greg and Scott examine how this may affect crime rates by offering citizens not only incentives to avoid crime, but a sense of community and overall well being.

What happens if we gave everyone a basic income? The pros and cons, experiments, and theory behind the "free money" - an interview with Scott Santens. Show notes: http://futurethinkers.org/basic-income-scott-santens/

Occupy Radio: Remembering Our Favorite Guests This is the end of a nearly four year run of Occupy Radio, Occupiers, and this week, Rivera and I are looking back at some of the best shows from our two years of sharing the mic. Oligarchy, wealth, and debt, Basic Income, and constructive programme. A residents bill of rights, our favorite Marxist, Richard Wolff, and some fun with one half of the Yes Men. You should find something to spark your interest on this week’s Occupy Radio. Music: Calliope Dreams Oligarchy: Jeffrey Winters Dr. Jeffrey Winters, NorthWestern University Professor (also Director, Equality Development and Globalization Studies [EDGS] Program) Democracy and Oilgarchy Supreme Court protects wealth The Wealth primary removes the vote from people without wealth America’s Wealth Power Index Dr. Jeffrey Winters, Northwestern University http://www.polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/jeffrey-winters.html Excellent article describing America's dual democracy/oligarchy http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2011/09/28/oligarchy-and-democracy/ Oligarchy, textbook written by Jeffrey Winters http://www.amazon.com/Oligarchy-Jeffrey-A-Winters/dp/0521182980   Santa Fe Residents’ Bill of Rights w/ Tomas Rivera of the Chainbreaker Collective Chainbreaker Collective: http://chainbreaker.org/rbor/ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1503657019886219.1073741829.1503649673220287& http://chainbreaker.org/chainbreaker-members-launch-residents-bill-of-rights-campaign/ http://chainbreaker.org/city-council-to-vote-on-bill-of-rights-resolution-this-wednesday/ City of Santa Fe Residents Bill of Rights (pdf) http://www.santafenm.gov/media/archive_center/2r___207.pdf Santa Fe Resident's Bill of Rights Launch (facebook photo album) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1503657019886219.1073741829.1503649673220287&   Constructive Program w/ Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook of the Metta Center for Nonviolence. The Metta Center for Nonviolence http://mettacenter.org/   Strike Debt Filmmaker, organizer with the debt collective Debt Collective Collective Strategy Free education is not a utopian concept, the US is relatively unusual for not having it How Far to free How to join the debt collective Corinthian Case Aggressive tactics Hollie Chaffee: One of the original Corinthian Fifteen Rolling Jubilee:  http://rollingjubilee.org/ https://debtcollective.org/ Strike Debt:  http://strikedebt.org/ Hidden Driver, Laura Hanna's site:  http://www.hiddendriver.com/ Project on Student Debt: http://projectonstudentdebt.org/  State by State Data:  http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php   Chuck Collins Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs IPS's Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is the author of 99 to 1, and numerous other books and essays. Billionaire Bonanza: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us http://www.ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza/ Chuck Collins: Have we hit peak wealth inequality? http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/12/02/have-we-hit-peak-wealth-inequality Chuck Collins at Institute for Policy Studies http://www.ips-dc.org/authors/chuck-collins/ Music: Beirut Surveillance Scott Santens Writer, Basic Income advocate Moderator Basic income Subreddit Defining Universal Basic Income How to Pay for UBI This is a breakdown of UBI vs NIT. http://www.scottsantens.com/negative-income-tax-nit-and-unconditional-basic-income-ubi-what-makes-them-the-same-and-what-makes-them-different   Richard Wolff Host of the radio podcast, Economic Update http://rdwolff.com/ Democracy at Work http://www.democracyatwork.info/ Richard's Radio show: Economic Update http://www.democracyatwork.info/radio/ Economic Update's youtube channel:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgaRiRDqE4wSolPkQ7k4FgQ "Socialism and Workers' Self-Directed Enterprises"http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2014/wolff140914.html   Uberally Mike Bonanno of the Yes! Men. The Yes Men: http://theyesmen.org/ The Yes Men's latest hijinks: http://theyesmen.org/hijinks The Action Switchboard: https://actionswitchboard.net/   Music: Turtle Neck Tea Party  

In today’s episode we are joined by basic income advocate Scott Santens. Scott explains his version of a basic income and how it might be paid for. Although future technological unemployment might increase the need for a basic income, there are actually many reasons besides concerns about automation to adopt such a policy. We discuss the various advantages of basic […]

#345 - SCOTT SANTENS, Obama pardons drug offenders, Shell drops the oil, & more!

#345 - SCOTT SANTENS, Obama pardons drug offenders, Shell drops the oil, & more!