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Forum II (Spring 2017)

Work Inequality Basic Income

If captains of Silicon Valley endorse a basic income, should we be skeptical of unconditional cash transfers? This issue explores the promise and peril of such proposals.

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Brishen Rogers

Basic Income in a Just Society

Each week, another magazine, book, or think tank sketches a dystopian near-future in which automation renders workers unnecessary. Is a basic income the solution?

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David McDermott Hughes

A Jobless Utopia?

A rural town in Spain gives us a glimpse into the challenges we will face in a workless future.

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Peter Kellman, Ed Bruno, James Gray Pope

The Right to Strike

Unions are being strangled by laws that block workers from organizing, striking, and acting in solidarity. Becoming a rights-based movement is the only way to save labor.
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David Stein

Why Coretta Scott King Fought for a Job Guarantee

Coretta Scott King saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning.

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Poetry

Ammiel Alcalay

From Imperial Abhorrences (and Other Abominations)

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Jen Fitzgerald

Glossary of Terms

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Jill Magi

From SPEECH

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Jen Fitzgerald

Bargaining

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Poetry
Rodrigo Toscano

Swivillization

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