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

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