Free Stuff is Good, Actually

Took a little longer than expected, the intro took Hobbie a month soz xoxo See every side of every news story with Ground News Support UE: Patreon: Other links: Twitter: Discord: Reddit: Twitch: Produced by Hobbie Stuart Music by Hobbie Stuart Animations/Thumbnail by Grim Friberg Artwork by Jacob Cob © 2023 Unlearning Economics Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:40 Free Stuff for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others 8:50 The ’Free Lunch’ of Education 23:17 Universal Healthcare: the Affordable Dream 33:21 Healthcare as Social Insurance 50:13 Universal Based Income 1:07:53 Lumps in the Carpet Thanks to @LuckyBlackCat, @phenomiks, @LackingSaint, and @lonerbox for the quotes! References (in rough order of appearance) Videos used at the start: ‘Making Social Spending Work’, Peter Lindert Friedman free lunch video: The Role of Government in Education, Milton Friedman ‘A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies’, Hendren and Sprung Keyser Friedman health interview ‘Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life’, Binagwaho et al ‘Universal Health Care: The Affordable Dream’, Sen ‘The Affordable Care Act After a Decade: Industrial Organization of the Insurance Exchanges’, Handel and Kolstad ‘Adverse Selection and an Individual Mandate: When Theory Meets Practice’, Hackmann et al 2015 Economics Explained video: ‘Universal social insurance is sound economics’, David Sligar ‘Would a Basic Income Guarantee Reduce the Motivation to Work? An Analysis of Labor Responses in 16 Trial Programs’, Gilbert et al ‘Is There Empirical Evidence on How the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Affects Labour Supply? A Systematic Review’, Paz-Banez et al ‘General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Kenya’, Egger et al 2022 ‘Southern Ontario’s Basic Income Experience’ report Milton Friedman welfare state lecture: ‘The End of Policing’, Alex Vitale ‘Creative arts and investing in systems’, Daniel Davies ‘The Entrepreneurial State’, Marianna Mazucatto