Recent #BasicIncome #UBI and #JobGuarantee trials #JG show promise: both provide a buffer between people and abject poverty, but also level the playing field with employers, allowing workers to opt out of bad jobs and working conditions that companies would otherwise have no pressure to improve. 1/2

Americans deserves to be guaranteed a job after getting a high school diploma, BS degree, or a degree higher than a BS degree.

#freeworkingclass
#freeunemployed
#jobguarantee
#secondbillofrights
#fdr
#franklindroosevelt
#endhomelessness
#endunemployment

Green Party proposes two-year job guarantee for under-24s out of work or education

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#youthemployment #greenparty #jobguarantee

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"Governments proclaim a commitment to growth while leaving willing workers idle and paying them welfare. The resulting waste of human potential is profound, yet it is rarely acknowledged as a design feature"

#MMT #JobGuarantee #CostOfLiving #Austerity

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Ayanna Pressley Renews Push for Federal Job Guarantee: Rep. Ayanna Pressley is again putting Black women’s economic security at the center of a national policy debate. The Massachusetts Democrat reintroduced…

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@ptcherneva.bsky.social what do you think of this thread. Maybe another way of looking at #JobGuarantee?

I remember how inspired I felt in 2020 when Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social was launched and I had just started my PhD.

I wouldn't have imagined being on their podcast a couple of years later with Suresh Naidu. Watch out for the episode on #JobGuarantee and #BasicIncome.

Unusual job this weekend: filming about the #JobGuarantee at UCL in the same location featured in Christopher Nolan’s #Inception. 🎬

Unpopular opinion but it‘a GOOD if the private sector fires staff. It is BAD if the profitable companies retains more staff than they need. Labour is a valuable resource. What’s bad is involuntary unemployment. We need a federal #jobguarantee www.jobguarantee.org #EconSky

Thank you to my subscribers for being a vital buffer stock during my family's crisis, allowing me space to grieve. The struggle for a just economy continues when capacity returns. Read the context here: buff.ly/HdB4Rl4 What systems do we build to protect human worth? 💙✨ #JobGuarantee #Welfare 6/6