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From coast to coast, American cities are testing the concept of no-strings-attached guaranteed income. Now this ill-advised idea has made its way to Wisconsin.


In this episode of Free Exchange, Diggings Managing Editor Mark Lisheron joins the program to discuss the origins of Universal Basic Income, where it has been tested and whether sound economic principles will win out in the end.


In liberty,

Remso W. Martinez

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Wisconsin Mayors Test Guaranteed Income

by Mark Lisheron


Encouraged by the federal government’s direct payment of $870 billion in stimulus checks to Americans since the outbreak of COVID-19, they are among nearly five dozen local elected officials across the country, all of them Democrats, who have begun to experiment with adding a local welfare payment to the social safety net.  


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What We're Reading

-City Journal: It is forbidden


-Mises Institute: Understanding why government policies fail


-The CT Mirror: Ranked choice voting survived its biggest election season yet



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