Former USBIG President Michael Howard's Opinion Piece in Scientific American

Michael W. Howard, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Maine and past president of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network, published published an article entitled “The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal…

Moral Luck, Guaranteed Income (GI), and Basic Income (BI)

Michael Lewis Recently, my spouse and I were talking about the cases of Carolyn Bryant Donham and Amy Cooper. Donham is the White woman whose lie, back in 1955, helped lead to the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old, Chicago born, boy who,…

Critical Race Theory, Guaranteed Income, and Basic Income

Michael Lewis I’ve been following debates about basic income, guaranteed income, and similar policies for a long time. This semester, for the first time, I’m teaching a course called The Critical Race Theory Debate and Public Policy.…