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How Norway has created the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund from just oil alone
Norges Bank Investment Management Fund Norway manages its oil wealth through a sovereign wealth fund that has reached US$2.1 trillion…
How Singapore manages a diverse global portfolio to benefit its public
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is a state-owned investment company designed to help the country use investment returns to support social programs.…
The PFD
Alaska’s financial experiment began in 1968 with the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay. Voters and elected leaders created a…
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 Citizen’s Dividend has the potential of having bipartisan support
A Citizen’s Dividend has the potential of having bipartisan support. Regardless of whether you’re left or right, chances are there’s…
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 Citizen’s Dividend different from welfare or a traditional universal basic income is that…
