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Jan 29, 2023

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Basic Income

Will Shetterly

Three Groups that Lie about Martin Luther King: Conservatives, Liberals, and Fans of Reparations

Who lies most about Martin Luther King? There are three competing groups.

Jan 16, 2023

Three Groups that Lie about Martin Luther King: Conservatives, Liberals, and Fans of Reparations

Jan 16, 2023

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Why Hayek Opposed Socialism and Supported Basic Income

F. A. Hayek is loved by conservatives for his opposition to socialism, yet he supported universal basic income. In Law, Legislation and…

Nov 5, 2022

Why Hayek Opposed Socialism and Supported Basic Income

Nov 5, 2022

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Why Basic Income Would Not Cause Inflation (and Might Slow Inflation)

Poverty is expensive because the poor can’t shop competitively. They pay high prices in the neighborhoods they can afford because the big…

Jan 31, 2022

Why Basic Income Would Not Cause Inflation (and Might Slow Inflation)

Jan 31, 2022

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How to End Racism—Martin Luther King was Right that Basic Income is Essential

When Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States came out in 2018, many writers wrote about how racially unequal the US still is and…

Dec 24, 2021

How to End Racism—Martin Luther King was Right that Basic Income is Essential

Dec 24, 2021

Will Shetterly

Why you should support Universal Basic Income (and most people do)

“The solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.” — Martin Luther King

Oct 11, 2021

Why you should support Universal Basic Income (and most people do)

Oct 11, 2021

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The Problem with Reparations, and King’s Better Solution

Anyone who knows US history knows black people were treated abominably. Today, as a group, they are almost as poor as Native Americans…

Sep 29, 2021

The Problem with Reparations, and King’s Better Solution

Sep 29, 2021

Will Shetterly

King did not support Reparations—His “check” referred to Basic Income

In 2014, Coates took a King quote out of context to insist that King supported reparations. The idea should be laughable—it would mean King…

Sep 28, 2021

King did not support Reparations—His “check” referred to Basic Income

Sep 28, 2021

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