A policy of giving out regular, unconditional cash payments is gaining popularity as the cost of living grows and AI looms over the job market.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Goodman offers market-based solutions to public policy problems. A number of versions of this idea have been proposed. There ...

Howard County’s new Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot may be framed as compassionate policy, but it’s part of a troubling pattern that’s taking root across Maryland and the United States. Following ...

As global wealth inequality deepens and automation threatens to usher in a new form of technology-driven unemployment, many nations, from the wealthy and industrialized to the still-developing, are ...

There’s a reason that ideas from the progressive ivory tower need to be tested. Often, the grandest theories fall apart when exposed to the rigors of the real world. Consider the case of universal ...

The following is an interview with Professor Matt Smith, an expert in the history of mental health and psychiatry and fellow Psychology Today blogger. His new work explores Universal Basic Income (UBI ...

It’s a straightforward thought, and, at first glance, it seems reasonable: replace Social Security with a universal basic income (UBI). It not only could help lower-income retirees live more ...

Some estimates suggest that half of all white-collar jobs will disappear as artificial intelligence advances. How will older white-collar workers displaced in the AI revolution fare? Our recent book, ...