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>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

OUR PROGRAM WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT

FIVE MINUTES.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE MOVE

FORWARD TO FIND YOUR SEATS.

AT THIS TIME WE WOULD ASK YOU

TO TURN OFF OR SILENCE YOUR

CELL PHONES.

ONCE AGAIN OUR PROGRAM WILL

BEGIN IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

>> IF EVERYONE WILL FILL INTO

THE FRONT OF THE SEATS.

>> TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

OH I GUESS NOT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

OUR PROGRAM WILL BEGIN IN JUST

A MINUTE.

AT THIS TIME WE ASK YOU TO TAKE

YOUR SEATS AND PLEASE MOVE

FORWARD IF YOU FEEL MORE

COMFORTABLE.

IT CREATES A MORE INTIMATE

EXPERIENCE FOR THE SPEAKERS.

WE WOULD ASK YOU AT THIS TIME

TO SILENCE YOUR PHONES.

THROUGHOUT TODAY'S ACTIVITY YOU

MAY NOTICE SOME CONSTRUCTION

NOISE IN THE BUILDING.

THIS FACILITY IS UNDER

RENOVATION.

WE ASK YOU TO BEAR WITH US TO

THE OCCASIONAL INTERRUPTIONS.

WELCOME TO THE NEW DIRECTIONS

INTO BASIC INCOME RESEARCH

WORKSHOP.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY POVERTY

SOLUTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

MICHIGAN.

THE STANDARD BASIC INCOME LET

SUPPORT FROM THE ECONOMIC

SECURITY PROJECT.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO

INTRODUCE MY BOSS, OUR HOST AND

THE DIRECTOR OF POVERTY

SOLUTIONS PROFESSOR LUKE

SHAEFER.

[APPLAUSE]

>> DAMIEN ALMOST RAN OFF WITH

MY REMARKS.

SO ALRIGHT THANKS EVERYONE FOR

COMING.

WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

THIS DAY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME

SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE

EVERYONE'S FACES.

I TOOK OFF MY JACKET BECAUSE WE

REALLY WANT TO BE ABOUT BEING

IN FORMAL AND SORT OF SPACE AND

HONEST AND ENGAGE CONVERSATION

ABOUT WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE

QUESTION OF IS A CASH KING.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE

CONVERSATION WITH BASIC INCOME

AS A STRATEGY FOR POVERTY

ALLEVIATION AND REDUCING

INEQUALITY.

HOW SHOULD SUCH PROGRAMS BE

DESIGNED?

WHO SHOULD THE TARGET?

THIS WEEK WE ARE GOING TO

INTERROGATE THE EVIDENCE ON

WHETHER CASH IS THE BEST WAY TO

HELP.

AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EVIDENCE

DO WE NEED OF THE EFFECTIVENESS

OF SUCH PROGRAMS.

HOW SHOULD THEY BE DESIGNED?

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME?

SHOULD WE DO A NEGATIVE INCOME

TAX?

SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT CHILD

ALLOWANCE RIGHT?

THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

DESIGN OF THESE PROGRAMS BEYOND

QUESTIONS WHETHER CASH IS THE

BEST WAY TO HELP THE QUESTIONS

OF HOW A CASH PROGRAM SHOULD BE

DESIGNED.

THEN THERE ARE POLITICAL

QUESTIONS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

THE ACCEPTABILITY OF SUCH

PROGRAMS.

YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST PROGRAM

IN THE WORLD AND IF PEOPLE ARE

INTERESTED, YOU KNOW OR IT

DOESN'T CONNECT WITH THEM, IT'S

NOT GOING TO WORK.

OF COURSE WE KNOW THE UNIVERSAL

PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN SORT OF THE

MOST POLITICALLY STRONG RIGHT?

THEY CAN LAST FOR A LONGER TIME

BECAUSE EVERYONE IS AT THE BOAT

AND THEY ARE ALSO MORE

EXPENSIVE.

AT THE OTHER SIDE PROGRAMS THAT

TARGET THE POOR CAN MAYBE BE A

BETTER SORT OF MORE EFFICACIOUS

WAY TO USE OUR RESOURCES.

BUT IT'S BEEN SAID THAT

PROGRAMS FOR POOR PEOPLE ARE

POOR PROGRAMS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DYLAN

MATTHEWS SAID IT'S GREAT THAT

THIS CONVERSATION HAS MOVED

BEYOND SORT OF YOU KNOW

UNDERSTANDING CASH TRANSFER

POLICIES IN THE CONCEPTUAL

FRAMEWORK TO ONE WHERE WE ARE

REALLY STARTING TO TALK ABOUT

THE DETAILS.

OUR GOAL AS A GROUP OF EMERGING

SCHOLARS FOR THE NEXT

GENERATION IS TO TRY TO GIVE US

A WEEK AND WERE GET TO TALK

ABOUT WHAT ARE THE MOST

PRESSING QUESTIONS.

WHAT ARE THE WAYS WE SHOULD

MOVE THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE

GOING TO BE A CRITICAL PIECE OF

THAT.

SO WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER

GRADUATE STUDENTS, EARLY CAREER

SCHOLARS, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF

THE NATION AND FRANKLY THE

WORLD'S LEADING EXPERTS ON

THESE TOPICS.

EITHER ALL THINGS WE ARE GOING

TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL OVER THE

WEEKEND.

I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE

WAY OF OUR GREAT SET OF

PRESENTATIONS.

FIRST THOUGH I WANT TO THANK

OUR COSPONSORS THE ECONOMIC

SECURITY PROJECT FOR GENEROUSLY

PROVIDING SOME FUNDING FOR THIS

EVENT.

FOR THE STANFORD BASIC INCOME

LAB.

AND THEN ALL OF OUR GREAT

CO-ORGANIZERS WHO HELPED US

THINK OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS.

JULIANA BIDADANURE, TAYLOR JO

ISENBERG, MICHAEL LEWIS,

ELIZABETH RHODES.

FINALLY I REALLY WANT TO THANK

MY STAFF WHO HAVE ORGANIZED

THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT AND DONE

SO WITH WHAT APPEARS FROM MY

OFFICE TO BE EFFORTLESS GRACE.

I CAN'T BE MORE IMPRESSED WITH

THE JOB THEY'VE DONE ORGANIZING

AND I GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT

TO DAVIE AND, POVERTY SOLUTIONS

ADMINISTERED OF COORDINATOR.

HE HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE