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COVID-19 relief blows holes in UBI myths

COVID-19 relief blows holes in UBI myths

Expanded unemployment benefits minimize coronavirus damage, don’t deter return to work — especially in Illinois

Ted CoxJuly 9, 2020Universal 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 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’

Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' on 'bending curve'

Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' on 'bending curve'

Pope Francis backs Universal Basic Income, as Trump administration pulls back on unemployment for gig workers

Ted CoxApril 13, 2020J.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

Aid workers first in COVID-19 crisis, says study

Immediate cash, unemployment, paid leave necessary, along with biz loans, help for states on coronavirus

Ted CoxMarch 19, 2020Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Roosevelt Institute, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Mike Konczal, Universal Basic Income, UBI, Steve Mnuchin, Donald Trump

Trump ponders UBI as COVID-19 relief

Trump ponders UBI as COVID-19 relief

Coronavirus pandemic aligns president with unlikely allies Mitt Romney, Andrew Yang, Rep. Omar

Ted CoxMarch 17, 2020Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Steve Mnuchin, Mitt Romney, Andrew Yang, Ilhan Omar, UBI, Universal Basic Income

Coronavirus calls for repairs to social safety net

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

Ted CoxMarch 10, 2020UBI, 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

Earned Income Tax Credit: Not just for working families

Earned Income Tax Credit: Not just for working families

Tax watchdog backs expanding EITC to childless workers, young & old

Ted CoxFebruary 21, 2020Earned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, Milton Friedman, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Illinois EITC, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Harish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois

Lightfoot holds summit in War on Poverty

Lightfoot holds summit in War on Poverty

Chicago mayor says, ‘If we don’t do something now, I fear we’re going to lose another generation of kids’

Ted CoxFebruary 20, 2020Lori Lightfoot, Darryl Holliday, War on Poverty, University of Illinois at Chicago, Samir Mayekar, Invest South/West, Sybil Madison, Universal Basic Income, Chicago Casino

Pawar-Sanderson II: The Wealth Tax

Pawar-Sanderson II: The Wealth Tax

U. of C. debate pits ‘unfettered capitalism’ against ‘disingenuous ruse’ to soak rich

Almost half of workforce locked in low-wage jobs

Almost half of workforce locked in low-wage jobs

53 million people work at jobs with a median salary of $18,000, says new study from Brookings Institution

Ted CoxDecember 2, 2019U.S. Workers, U.S. Workforce, Donald Trump, Low-Wage Workers, Illinois Low-Wage Workers, Earned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income

Money for nothing produces exit to poverty

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

Ted CoxNovember 14, 2019Aisha 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

Earned Income Tax Credit for Chicago?

Earned Income Tax Credit for Chicago?

New study explores six proposals that would benefit up to 1 million working families; Lightfoot receptive if noncommittal

Ted CoxSeptember 12, 2019Earned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Harish Patel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Milton Friedman, Chicago Earned Income Tax Credit, Chicago UBI, Allen Sanderson, Lisa Christensen Gee, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Chicago Working Families

To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review

To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review

Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump

Panel debates Universal Basic Income

Panel debates Universal Basic Income

First we have to confront our biases, then we have to trust those in need to know what’s best for themselves

Ted CoxJune 20, 2019Universal Basic Income, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ebony Scott, Family Independence Initiative, Lauren Burns-Coady, Jain Family Institute, Jain Family Institute Guaranteed Income Initiative, Ameya Pawar, Metropolitan Planning Council, Milton Friedman, Martin Luther King, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago DFSS

Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax

Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax

Economic Security for Illinois backs ‘meaningful’ cost-of-living refund as taxpayer relief

Ted CoxMay 14, 2019Harish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois EITC, Universal Basic Income, Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, J.B. Pritzker, Maurice West, Working Families, Illinois Working Families

Expand state tax credit, says Chi task force

Expand state tax credit, says Chi task force

Earned Income Tax Credit offers statewide method to address poverty, inequality

Ted CoxFebruary 12, 2019Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Earned-Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, SEIU Local 1, American Red Cross, Tom Balanoff, Celena Roldan, J.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, Milton Friedman, Allen Sanderson, Ameya Pawar

Universal Basic Income gets a hearing

Universal Basic Income gets a hearing

Chicago forms task force to study UBI and other programs to combat poverty

Ted CoxSeptember 13, 2018Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, Universal Basic Income, Earned-Income Tax Credit, Bill O'Reilly, Tom Balanoff, Celena Roldan, Milton Friedman

Minimum-wage debate produces maximum rapport

Minimum-wage debate produces maximum rapport

Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson have a surprising meeting of the minds on training workers and universal basic income

Ted CoxMay 23, 2018Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, University of Chicago, Minimum Wage, Universal Basic Income, Health Care, Child Care, Fair Scheduling, Destructive Innovation, Earned-Income Tax Credit