What if all Americans, regardless of their tax brackets, received a monthly check from the government to cover basic living expenses? Annie Lowrey of The Atlantic joins us to make the case for a universal basic income, which she writes about in “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World” (Crown).
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In this June 15, 2018 photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Elise Amendola/AP Photo