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It’s (thankfully) been a minute since I was active on night twitter, but the @LPE_Project #UBI symposium is so rich, I’m eroding my own norms 
! Time to talk about our lovely monetary consumption (& production...) economy!
! Time to talk about our lovely monetary consumption (& production...) economy!
First things first, read the intro! @NoahZatz did a characteristically thoughtful job introducing analytical themes and outlining the contours of the ensuing conversation. You simply love to read it. (Also...the links…the links…the memories...
) https://lpeproject.org/blog/considering-and-critiquing-universal-basic-income-introduction/
) https://lpeproject.org/blog/considering-and-critiquing-universal-basic-income-introduction/
“Even the most progressive nation-based approach to basic income faces a fundamental justice challenge in the reality of human mobility.”
“...cash transfer programs created in response to #Covid19 may have some insight to offer.”
- Jennifer Gordon
https://lpeproject.org/blog/ubi-and-immigrants-lessons-from-the-pandemic/
“...cash transfer programs created in response to #Covid19 may have some insight to offer.”
- Jennifer Gordon
https://lpeproject.org/blog/ubi-and-immigrants-lessons-from-the-pandemic/
(Your humble threader notes @RepRashida's #ABCAct, captained by @chastitycieraa, assisted by @rohangrey, myself, & others, mitigates exclusion of folks w/o papers by changing the payments tech, allowing for more privacy & a broader distribution scheme.) https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-jayapal-introduce-groundbreaking-bill-deliver-universal-recurring
“ @TheUndercommons...advocated for this aspect of the #M4BL proposal...
...we appealed to 2 distinctions: one in what’s meant by 'security' & the other in what kind of proposals for basic income would advance the cause of justice."
- @OlufemiOTaiwo
https://lpeproject.org/blog/universal-basic-income-racial-justice-climate-justice/
...we appealed to 2 distinctions: one in what’s meant by 'security' & the other in what kind of proposals for basic income would advance the cause of justice."
- @OlufemiOTaiwo
https://lpeproject.org/blog/universal-basic-income-racial-justice-climate-justice/
(IMHO, the importance of this sort of security analysis following 1/6, especially, cannot be overstated! For more, check out the @LPE_Project video with Asli Bâli & Aziz Rana!) https://lpeproject.org/events/american-empire-with-asli-bali-aziz-rana/
“...the #CARESAct stimulus payments demonstrate the effectiveness of having in place a mechanism for even a modest universal cash transfer...”
“Women’s emancipation...requires not an increase in wages but a redistribution of capital.”
- @azelleke
https://lpeproject.org/blog/basic-income-care-and-wages-for-housework/
“Women’s emancipation...requires not an increase in wages but a redistribution of capital.”
- @azelleke
https://lpeproject.org/blog/basic-income-care-and-wages-for-housework/
(The HT once again notes that the #ABCAct establishes payments for individuals rather than "households." Congress should consider it! 
) https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-jayapal-introduce-groundbreaking-bill-deliver-universal-recurring
) https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-jayapal-introduce-groundbreaking-bill-deliver-universal-recurring
(For more on the Wages for Housework movement, debates within it, and how they resonate in today’s discussions of #UBI and #JG, cf., e.g.) 
https://twitter.com/thepublicmoney/status/1045782388767428609
https://twitter.com/thepublicmoney/status/1045782388767428609
“It would be ironic indeed if a #UBI slipped quickly through the fingers of lower-income people of color and into the coffers of jurisdictions most aggressively criminalizing poverty."
- @NoahZatz! The umpire enters the fray!
https://lpeproject.org/blog/basic-income-and-the-freedom-to-refuse/
- @NoahZatz! The umpire enters the fray!
https://lpeproject.org/blog/basic-income-and-the-freedom-to-refuse/
An excellent, sorely needed essay. Back during the Econ Twitter Wars, @emmacaterinedsa & I would take a lot of heat from spreadsheet socialists for bringing up similar points! Here’s Emma critiquing Matt Bruenig’s UBI proposal on the *consumer debt* side: https://habeasquaestus.com/2018/09/16/united-we-are-garnished/
And here’s a shameless 
for your boy on austerity & criminal legal debt. (Tweeting is labor).
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rp8g89c
for your boy on austerity & criminal legal debt. (Tweeting is labor).https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rp8g89c
"...even where choice is not restricted by the state, it remains restricted by the failures of the market."
“...it is impossible to imagine what other needs a family might ‘choose’ while happily eschewing housing..."
- @_lydianicholson
https://lpeproject.org/blog/leftist-benefits-are-in-kind-actually/
“...it is impossible to imagine what other needs a family might ‘choose’ while happily eschewing housing..."
- @_lydianicholson
https://lpeproject.org/blog/leftist-benefits-are-in-kind-actually/
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LYDIA! It’s free breakfast program, not free breakfast voucher program! (A post after @NathanTankus’ 
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cc: @ksuenamu @econ_robinson @lilburke247 @zhionny74 @DR0DRIGUEZ
.) cc: @ksuenamu @econ_robinson @lilburke247 @zhionny74 @DR0DRIGUEZ
Stay tuned, my friends. I’ll be contributing a final perspective mañana!
