Cash Welfare Works. Just Don’t Call It That: Kathryn Edwards

Whatever you want to call it — universal basic income, basic income, guaranteed income, basic income guarantee — the idea is simple: every adult American receives some minimal level of cash without having to demonstrate need.

The concept has been around for what seems like forever, but it is currently having a moment. So much so that Stanford University has started the Basic Income Lab to track the growing number of experiments in this area. It now counts around three dozen basic income pilots in effect across the country. It even provides a guide on how to start one. Artificial intelligence ...