Culture and Poverty

Author: Michael Lewis, Professor Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College Lawrence Mead is a political scientist who is on the faculty at New York University. For years, he has been writing about poverty, as well as policies ostensibly…

150 Economists Call for Emergency Cash Payments

Michael Howard Coordinator, USBIG (the views expressed here are those of the author) I am pleased to have signed this open letter, along with over 150 economists, in support of ongoing cash stimulus payments in response to the recession triggered…

UBI Activism Surging in the U.S.

Michael Howard Coordinator, USBIG Two years ago, if one were to speak of a basic income movement, one might be accused of hyperbole. USBIG was able to muster support for annual congresses, in cooperation with the Basic Income Canada Network,…