{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69583a71c4b2cc952cc3bf93/69583a7b18c941d6d6c5a758?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is America Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?","description":"<p>Michael Tubbs grew up in poverty. And when, at 26, he was elected mayor of his hometown, he decided to do something about it.</p><p>And what he did in Stockton, California, no American mayor had done before. He started giving poor people cash. No strings attached.</p><p>Stockton’s pilot program in Guaranteed Basic Income started lifting people out of poverty. It gave parents more time with their kids. And it was actually cost-effective.</p><p>So as we look to the Future of Work and Wellbeing, could Guaranteed Basic Income programs play a central role in lifting all of us up — and boosting the standard of life for all Americans?</p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p><ul>\n<li>\n<strong>Michael Tubbs</strong>, elected mayor of Stockton, California in 2016 at the age of 26 — the youngest mayor in the country. He is known nationally for establishing the first city-led Guaranteed Basic Income program in America, which has inspired dozens of other cities across the country to try similar programs. Having lost his re-election bid in 2020, Tubbs recently founded the nonprofit<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://endpovertyinca.org/\"><strong>End Poverty in California.</strong></a>\n</li>\n<li>\n<strong>Natalie Foster</strong>, co-founder, co-director <a href=\"https://www.economicsecurityproject.org/\">Economic Security Project</a>, which worked closely with Tubbs on Stockton’s Guaranteed Basic Income program</li>\n<li>\n<strong>John Summers, </strong>participant in pilot guaranteed basic income program Cambridge RISE in Massachusetts.</li>\n</ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/\">Stockton’s Basic Income Experiment Paid Off</a>, Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.newamerica.org/ca/events/the-potential-of-a-guaranteed-income/\">The Potential for a Guaranteed Income: A Conversation with Four Mayors</a>, New America California, 2021.</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/the-future-of-leisure/\">The Future of Leisure</a>, Stuart Whatley, Democracy Journal, 2012</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2008/12/14/scenario-8-the-evolving-concept-of-time-for-work-leisure/\">The Evolving Concept of Time for Work, Leisure</a>, Pew Research, 2008</li>\n</ul><p><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/less-work-and-more-leisure-utopian-visions-and-the-future-of-work-1.4306410\">Less Work and More Leisure: Utopian Visions and the Future of Work</a>, CBC Radio, 2018</p>","author_name":"New America"}