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COVID-19 relief blows holes in UBI myths
Expanded unemployment benefits minimize coronavirus damage, don’t deter return to work — especially in Illinois
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Ted CoxUniversal Basic Income, UBI, Milton Friedman, Allen Sanderson, University of Chicago, Noah Smith, Becker Friedman Institute, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rate, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment Rate, Jesse Rothstein, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mayors back Universal Basic Income
Mayors for a Guaranteed Income send letter urging ‘a policy solution that is as bold as it is innovative and as simple as it is ambitious’
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Ted CoxUniversal Basic Income, Guaranteed Income, Martin Luther King, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, Michael Tubbs, UBI, Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Aisha Nyandoro, Magnolia Mother's Trust, Springboard to Opportunities, Eric Garcetti, Melvin Carter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Aja Brown, Ras Baraka, Earned Income Tax Credit, Andrew Yang, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Disparities
Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' on 'bending curve'
Pope Francis backs Universal Basic Income, as Trump administration pulls back on unemployment for gig workers
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pope Francis, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Andrew Yang, Eugene Scalia, Jordan Abudayyeh, Ngozi Ezike, Greg Harris, Jan Schakowsky
Aid workers first in COVID-19 crisis, says study
Immediate cash, unemployment, paid leave necessary, along with biz loans, help for states on coronavirus
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Trump ponders UBI as COVID-19 relief
Coronavirus pandemic aligns president with unlikely allies Mitt Romney, Andrew Yang, Rep. Omar
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Coronavirus calls for repairs to social safety net
And this time let’s make them permanent to avert the inevitable next disaster, says Ameya Pawar
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Ted CoxUBI, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Open Society Foundations, Charna Epstein, Scott Simon, Donald Trump, Health Care, Health Costs, Health Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave, U.S. Bureau pf Labor Statistics
Money for nothing produces exit to poverty
Aisha Nyandoro’s pilot program Magnolia Mother’s Trust gives $1,000 a month to 20 Mississippi moms
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Ted CoxAisha Nyandoro, Magnolia Mother's Trust, Ameya Pawar, Springboard to Opportunities, Economic Security for Illinois, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income, UBI, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force
