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16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income

16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income

October 21, 2024June 28, 2023 by Pavlina Tcherneva

Yes, sending a check to people is not as “messy,” but let’s stop pretending that it’s a panacea for the fundamental problem of economic insecurity.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, New Economic Perspectives Tags Austerity, Federal Job Guarantee, UBI
UBI vs FJG

UBI vs FJG

November 24, 2024August 4, 2021 by Roger Gest

A Federal Job Guarantee is real progress. A UBI advances our deterioration. 

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Federal Job Guarantee, UBI
Back To MMT Basics

Back to [MMT] Basics

November 24, 2024August 2, 2021 by Steven D. Grumbine

From the definition of a dollar as a unit of measure all the way to what The Fed is and how public policy can be informed – Grumbine runs the gamut on MMT basics.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Federal Job Guarantee, Federal Reserve, MMT, Taxation, UBI
Neoliberalism at Work through the Universal Basic Income

Neoliberalism at Work through the Universal Basic Income

January 11, 2025September 17, 2019 by Steven D. Grumbine

This simplistic, incorrect, and devastatingly neoliberal plan of instituting a Universal Basic Income will be the final blow against the public purpose and General Welfare Clause as well as an effective coup for the rightwing to establish cash payment as opposed to the services millions desperately need.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Federal Job Guarantee, Neoliberalism, UBI

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