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What is Universal Basic Income (UBI) and why is it so popular among economists and freedom lovers relative to other types of poverty policy solutions? What does it even mean to “solve a problem” or to “learn” in the social sciences?
 
Join us today to explore the answers to these two questions and many more. Today, I am excited to welcome on Peter Van Doren to talk about the history of poverty policy and policy debates and the reality about universal basic income. We talk about some pretty conclusive economic studies which highlight the effect of UBI type policies and what to make of them!
 
 Peter Van Doren is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the editor of Regulation, a quarterly magazine about applied microeconomics and economic policy issues.

Want to explore more?

• Michael Munger on the Basic Income Guarantee, an EconTalk podcast.
• Thomas Koenig, Adam Smith, Francis Fukuyama, and the Indignity of the UBI, at Speaking of Smith.
• Bruce Meyer on Poverty, an EconTalk podcast.
• Scott Winship on Poverty and Welfare, a Great Antidote podcast.
• Clark Nardinelli, Industrial Revolution and the Standard of Living, in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
• Jeremy Horpedahl on the Real Cost of Thriving Index, a Great Antidote Podcast.

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