Political view · Center-left

Basic income movement

Argues that every citizen should receive a regular, unconditional payment to end poverty and cushion technological change.

Associated with: Thomas Paine, Milton Friedman, Andrew Yang.

Basic income movement sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning state-led on economy, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on institutions and interventionism.

Where basic income movement sits on ten dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Andrew Yang American entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate99%Robert Reich American economist and former US Labor Secretary99%Joseph Stiglitz American economist99%Tim Berners-Lee British inventor of the World Wide Web98%

People from history who fit

Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada, 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 198498%Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland, 2014 to 202398%J. Robert Oppenheimer American physicist, 1904 to 196798%Michelle Bachelet President of Chile, 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 201898%

Similar political views

Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.99%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…99%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…99%

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