The homeless newspaper sellers of San Francisco
Entrepreneurs John Bird and Gordon Roddick once gave homeless people the opportunity to sell magazines and make money. These homeless…
Economic rent as an alternative and better source of wealth
Taxes are typically thought of as the traditional source of money needed for a universal basic income (UBI). The problem…
A system of social prosperity guaranteed by human activity
A Citizen's Dividend aims to give everyone an annual stipend that is enough to guarantee a humane and decent existence.…
A Citizenโs Dividend has the potential of having bipartisan support
A Citizenโs Dividend has the potential of having bipartisan support. Regardless of whether youโre left or right, chances are thereโs…
Untapped wealth of economic rent
What is simultaneously favourable for business, good for security, fit for mental health, and beneficial for social welfare? An economic…
A Citizen’s Dividend aims to give everyone a form of universal income
Economic rent, put simply, is a sort of unearned income. The benefits a farmer gets from having land that just…
It’s not welfare, but a Special Purpose Vehicle
One of the things that makes a Citizenโs Dividend different from welfare or a traditional universal basic income is that…
The land takes society’s economic and social gains
Throughout history, land has always been underutilized due to the way in which its boundless economic surplus is rarely ever…
A Citizen’s Dividend makes you wealthy
The nature of government welfare means that a person reliant on welfare barely scrapes by while on it. There may…
