UBI & The New Economy

Universal basic income, funding models and the MeWeBe model. Anyone can read — verified members earn 20 MWB per post.

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The MeWeBe Model 3 weeks ago

Community staking is the most interesting UBI experiment I've seen

I've backed 30+ startups as an angel. What grabbed me about MeWeBe is the inversion: instead of a few rich people backing founders, a whole community stakes together and shares the upside. If even…

by Ethan Brooks favorite 2 comment 2 visibility 346
Funding UBI 1 month ago

How do we actually FUND universal basic income?

This is the whole ballgame. Options, roughly best to worst in my view: (1) automation/AI dividends — tax the productivity gains that displace labour; (2) data dividends — you're the product, get paid; (3)…

by Tom Becker favorite 37 comment 2 visibility 173
Universal Basic Income 1 month ago

Can UBI actually work? An economist's take

The pilots — Finland, Kenya, Stockton — show the same thing: people don't stop working, mental health improves, and the money gets spent locally. The objections that survive scrutiny are about scale and funding,…

by Tom Becker favorite 9 comment 3 visibility 299