The numerous basic income pilot programs around the world are demonstrating the many good effects of using a basic income to lift people out of poverty. But these pilot programs face a daunting task to convert their temporary programs into permanent ones. That’s because the cost of basic income programs is high. Conventional wisdom says…
I’m pleased to annouce that Ping Xu, the energetic Founder of UBI Asia Pacific has endorsed my book Solar Dividends. As human civilization progress, obsoleted values and lifestyle ought to be abolished for a better future: The energy of the Sun is the original source of most of the energy found on earth. It is…
If you are new to Universal Basic Incomes (UBI), watch this video. The documentary “UBI, Our Right to Live” talks about the right of all human beings to subsist simply because they were born. It is an idea with history, but it has spread spectacularly in recent years, especially due to the fact that technology…
ROBERT POLLIN is Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute. This is what he said after reading Solar Dividends: Achieving viable paths to climate stabilization must be the first economic priority of all humanity until the job is really, truly done. Solar…
Author Robert Stayton was interviewed on the The Basic Income Podcast on September 16, 2019. Hosts Jim Pugh and Owen Poindexter asked him about his new book Solar Dividends in a podcast titled “Robert Stayton: Could Solar Dividends Provide a Basic Income?” After the interview Jim and Owen discussed the idea of funding basic incomes…
Author Robert Stayton explains the basic idea of Solar Dividends at an informal book party, September 22, 2019.
If we are going to stop the fire of global warming, it is vital that we STOP THROWING FUEL ON THE FIRE! The following devastating fact is taken from my new book Solar Dividends: “At a time when we should be cutting back on fossil fuels, the US paid $649 billion in direct and indirect…