Is Giving Money Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
Basic Income
Obama's Plan to Help the Poor is to Make Government Bigger. Paul Ryan's Plan is to Make It Better.
Both want to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). But Ryan's plan would reform the system rather than grow it.
Libertarians Debate Basic Income Guarantee
Should libertarians support proposals to scrap the current welfare regime and replace it with a basic income guarantee for American citizens?
Paul Ryan's Poverty Plan: Good on Incarceration, Licensing, Perverse Incentives; Not So Good on Paternalism
What's worthwhile in the Wisconsin congressman's proposals, and what's not
Time for a Guaranteed Income?
The pros and cons of a welfare idea championed by liberals and libertarians alike
When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes
Another living example of a basic-income policy.
Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money
A guaranteed income would reduce the humiliations of the current welfare system while promoting individual responsibility.
One State Already Has a Basic Income Plan
The forgotten politics of the Alaska Permanent Fund
The Neoliberal Revolution
A new book gives Hayek, Friedman, and others too much credit—and too little.
Roseanne Barr Is Still Running for President
The Peace and Freedom Party nominates a former sitcom star.
It's Milton Friedman's World: We're Just Living Freely in It
The economist who advocated "Power to the People"
