Episode description

Stockton UBI experiment, how income inequality compares globally, and a call for a 10 day labor strike and why it probably wouldn't work.

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off - A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes. - source

My opinion on it - a possible reason concentrated power doesn't want UBI is because leveling the field for everyone means a reduction in their financial power, and not because it wouldn't work.

Where the Rich Are Getting Richer Around the World - How income inequality compares globally. - source

In the U.S., the top 1% earns almost 40% more than the bottom half of the population.

Capitalism doesn't need growth. That's the great myth. It prefers it, but it doesn't need it. The only thing capitalism requires to sustain itself, is an endless supply of victims. Don’t forget capitalism is different than free market

A call for a 10 day labor strike and why it probably wouldn't work. Per Hampton Think 

You need to expect that they will see a 10 day strike and raise it by betting they can break the back of the movement with an extended lockout. They know they can last longer than the people they pay poverty wages to, and even if they can't the government will just bail them out.

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