Month: August 2016

For California’s Post-2020 Cap And Trade, Give Money To People

Leave a Comment / Basic Income, California, Climate Change / By Mike

California’s Legislature is considering whether to continue the State’s Cap & Trade system meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming before it potentially expires in 2020. Governor Jerry Brown, some Democrats in the State Legislature, and environmentalists would like to renew it, but opponents question whether it is an illegal tax supporting …

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Reopening Blues

Note: I started writing this blog post in June 2020, when many American politicians had decided to begin reopening their

Pandemic reveals need for economic system transformation

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed aspects of how the economy works (or doesn’t). It also has the potential to

Father’s Day thoughts on Star Wars, religion, and basic income

As a father of two young boys, I was excited to introduce movies and characters from my childhood to my

Science, Evolution, and What We Know: 2018 Edition

Epistemology is the study of what we know and how we know it. Previously, it may have been considered an

Monetary Reform Should Be Sustainable, And Bitcoin Isn’t

The Bitcoin “market” is spiking, with one Bitcoin now “priced” above $17,000 (by the time this is published it will

Disaster Recovery That Solves Regional Problems

This summer’s natural disasters (or, really, un-natural, human-caused-climate-induced disasters) are a Rorschach Test and magnifying glass for pre-existing regional issues