2 chapters across the catalog
A discussion on poverty solutions explores the concept of a guaranteed basic income, a policy once favored by Richard Nixon. The hosts argue that as robots and AI take over assembly line and service jobs, wealth distribution must change to support citizens. Concerns are raised about capital concentration if corporations like Google own the majority of automated labor.
Cloward-Piven Strategy, Border Crisis Overload
The Cloward-Piven strategy, a 1966 political theory aimed at overloading the welfare system to force a federal crisis and a guaranteed annual income, is discussed in the context of the current border crisis. Speculation is raised that the influx of unaccompanied minors at the Mexican border may be a deliberate application of this strategy to strain state and local resources in Texas and Arizona.
