Tom Pogson
@basicbc.bsky.social
Musician, writer, and Basic Income Victoria BC Guy who knows the abundance of a better world IS possible.
https://linktr.ee/Basicbc
https://linktr.ee/Basicbc
Some ideas are both smart and non-partisan.
"A basic or citizen's income is not an alternative to a negative income tax. It is simply another way to introduce a negative income tax if it is accompanied with a positive income tax with no exemption."
-Milton Friedman
"A basic or citizen's income is not an alternative to a negative income tax. It is simply another way to introduce a negative income tax if it is accompanied with a positive income tax with no exemption."
-Milton Friedman
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some ideas are both smart and non-partisan.
"A basic or citizen's income is not an alternative to a negative income tax. It is simply another way to introduce a negative income tax if it is accompanied with a positive income tax with no exemption."
-Milton Friedman
"A basic or citizen's income is not an alternative to a negative income tax. It is simply another way to introduce a negative income tax if it is accompanied with a positive income tax with no exemption."
-Milton Friedman
There is one kind of work that is not recognized, would be very unlikely to be automated, is responsible for all other work, and is done by what economics strangely calls "non-primary producers"
Writer and former New Zealand politician Marilyn Waring on the @TEDTalks stage:
Writer and former New Zealand politician Marilyn Waring on the @TEDTalks stage:
October 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There is one kind of work that is not recognized, would be very unlikely to be automated, is responsible for all other work, and is done by what economics strangely calls "non-primary producers"
Writer and former New Zealand politician Marilyn Waring on the @TEDTalks stage:
Writer and former New Zealand politician Marilyn Waring on the @TEDTalks stage:
Those darn woke Opuses
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Those darn woke Opuses