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Acknowledged by Andrew Yang in his book The War on Normal People as one of those who helped shape his thinking, and described by historian Rutger Bregman as "by far, the most effective basic income activist out there," Scott Santens has lived with a crowdfunded basic income since 2016 and has been researching and advocating for universal basic income around the world since 2013. He is the author of Let There Be Money and is currently Senior Advisor to Humanity Forward while also serving on the board of directors for the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity and as the editor of Basic Income Today - a daily UBI news hub. His home is in Washington, D.C. where he lives with his wife and two dogs. ...more

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	Let There Be Money: Understanding Modern Monetary Theory and Basic Income 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	What the F*CK Should I Do Now?: How to Manage your Money when Everything You Thought You Knew Stops Making Sense (COVID-19 edition) by Sarah Nadav (Goodreads Author), Howie Mandel (Contributor), Karen Hunter (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
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“Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword.”
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“Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.”
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“... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful.”
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