Tax Notes contributing editor Carrie Brandon Elliot discusses the rising interest in universal basic income, especially as artificial intelligence disrupts the job market, and the role of tax policy ...

When asked if “Granting every American citizen over 21-years old a universal basic income of $13,000 a year — financed by eliminating all transfer programs (including Social Security, Medicare, ...

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 ...

Elon Musk on Friday touted what he described as “Universal HIGH INCOME” as a solution to deal with large-scale unemployment caused by the emergence of artificial intelligence, rekindling a longtime ...

I remember when George McGovern, the Democratic presidential nominee in 1972, promised that if elected, he would send each citizen a check each year for $1,000. In today’s dollars, that would be ...

As AI transforms the economy, some tech leaders push universal basic income. This piece argues Americans need opportunity, not government checks.

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 ...

UBI is gaining attention as a potential response to AI-driven job loss. Guaranteed income pilot programs are showing benefits—yet critics question their cost and long-term effects.

Each year on the holiday that bears his name, Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered for his immense contributions to the struggle for racial equality. What is less often remembered but equally ...