Universal Basic Income Made Easy: Applied Markonomics101. One of the more controversial topics on various internet sites, and one threatening to go Full Mainstream, is a financial engineering plan commonly known as “Universal Basic Income” (UBI). While there are many hoped for “societal benefits” from the implementation of UBI, this analysis doesn’t consider them for […]
The tenets of Incentivism applied to the Student Loan Debt Problem
Incentivism is a type of economic system whose philosophy emphasizes the use of financial reward rather than punishment to alter an individual’s personal self-interest to make it consistent with that of society. An Introduction to Incentivism – Part 3: Government Intervention An ongoing bi-monthly series February 5, 2018 If you wish to either catch up or […]
Incentivism is a type of economic system whose philosophy employs the use of financial reward as a way to substantially augment and/or replace punishment to more closely align an individual’s self-interest with that of society. (You can access the debut issue “An Introduction to Incentivism” here) From Issue 1…. “What if Politicians’ reward system was […]
The first issue in a bi-monthly series: January 5th, 2018 Incentivism is a type of economic system whose philosophy or doctrine emphasizes the use of financial reward (Incentives) rather than punishment (Jail) to affect how individuals behave. While in the same category as communism, capitalism or socialism, Incentivism is a vastly different belief system. […]