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“The issue is not that the United States cannot pull its people above the poverty line, but that it does not want to.”
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
“studied is just over a year.)”
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
“It is not just rich nations that the United States lags behind either. According to the International Labor Organization, it is one of only two countries out of 185, the other being New Guinea, that does not provide some form of aid to new parents.”
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
“In the eyes of economists, long-term unemployment causes “hysteresis,” a word derived from the Greek term for lagging behind.”
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
― Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
“It’s something they teach you in the army. The only thing under your direct control is how hard you work. In other words, if you really, really buckle down today, and you get the intelligence, the planning, and the execution each a hundred percent exactly correct, then you are bound to prevail.” “Sounds empowering.” “It’s the army. What they really mean is, if you fail today, it’s completely your own fault.”
― Blue Moon
― Blue Moon
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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