Stanford Graduate School of Business Hansae Catlett: Free Money: Eradicating Old-Fashioned Poverty with an Old-Fashioned Idea

Silicon Valley has recently taken up the idea of a basic income, rationalizing its implementation on the basis of impending automation and structural unemployment. However, the power of a basic income as a tool for social justice and as an economic right has been lost. In his talk, Hansae Catlett, MBA/MPP student at Stanford, seeks to remind us of the origins of the basic income and its power to address poverty in America. In a methodical fashion, he walks through three primary concerns with a basic income, addressing each with evidence-based and empathy-based arguments.

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Hansae Catlett: Free Money: Eradicating Old-Fashioned Poverty with an Old-Fashioned Idea
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