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Join best friends Meg Bear and Amy Wilson on The Meg and Amy Show – a podcast for big-picture thinkers who are ready to challenge the status quo. As former tech executives and seasoned business leaders, Meg and Amy have spent decades leading through change. Now, they’re joining forces to break down the trends they’ve lived and helped shape.
Episode 27 | Your Share of the Profits: Scott Santens on Why UBI Is Obvious, Not Radical
The Meg and Amy Show
1 hour 9 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 27 | Your Share of the Profits: Scott Santens on Why UBI Is Obvious, Not Radical
Finland – Universal Basic Income Pilot🚀 THE CASE FOR GIVING PEOPLE MONEY: UBI expert Scott Santens reveals why the most radical idea in economics might be the simplest - just give people cash. Discover how Alaska has proven this works for 40+ years, why his crowdfunded basic income changed everything he thought about work, and what happens when we shift from survival mode to abundance thinking.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction: The Man Living UBI
02:33 How Scott Crowdfunded His Own Basic Income
07:32 What Universal Basic Income Actually Is
08:51 Why Work Requirements Don't Work
10:36 The Billionaire Question: Why Universal Matters
15:38 The Power to Say No
17:46 Reduced Stress Changes Everything
20:13 The Biggest Impact Is Always on Kids
22:28 Automation Since the 1970s: We're Already Living It
25:04 The Business Case for Consumption
27:57 Alaska: 40+ Years of Proof
36:29 Trust, Finland & the Rory Stewart Connection
46:44 Star Trek vs. Dystopia: Two Possible Futures
51:35 Amy's Aha Moment: The Dividend Concept
54:19 Where to Give Cash With No Strings Attached
57:17 We Have the Data - Time to Act
59:28 Leadership Corner: Moving from Full-Time to Portfolio
🔑 KEY INSIGHTS:
- How living on crowdfunded UBI taught Scott about human potential
- Why Alaska proves UBI works (and has for decades without inflation)
- The hidden connection between stress reduction and crime prevention
- Why cash beats free services every single time
- How economic security literally rewires decision-making
- The difference between surviving and thriving economies
📚 RESOURCES:
Scott's UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com
Basic Income Show: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottSantens
Income To Support All Foundation: itsafoundation.orgWhat If Everybody Didn't Have to Work to Get Paid? | https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/what-if-everybody-didnt-have-to-work-to-get-paid/393428/Basic Income Grant (BIG) in Namibia | https://centreforpublicimpact.org/public-impact-fundamentals/basic-income-grant-big-in-namibia/Income Dividends and Subjective Survival in a Cherokee Indian Cohort | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7250001/How AI will impact the future of work with Kara Swisher and Betsey Stevenson | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrBYWQAcpECash Transfers and Child Welfare: Lessons from Alaska | https://www.nber.org/digest/202401/cash-transfers-and-child-welfare-lessons-alaska?page=1&perPage=50To End Extreme Poverty, Give Cash — Not Advice | Rory Stewart | TED | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0HOe7gf7IFinland – Universal Basic Income Pilot | https://weall.org/resource/finland-universal-basic-income-pilotManna: Two Visions of Humanity's Future Book | https://www.amazon.com/Manna-Two-Visions-Humanitys-Future-ebook/dp/B007HQH67UEverything is Figureoutable Book | https://amazn.so/5wcD9tFIkigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life | https://amazn.so/yNaA8GI
Thanks to Laurie Ruettimann for the introduction!
#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #ScottSantens #AlaskaDividend #FutureOfWork #Economics #Alaska #Dividend #NegativeIncomeTax #MegAndAmyShow
🔗 CONNECT:
Scott Santens: scottsantens.com
Leadership Questions: amywilsonadvisor@gmail.com
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The Meg and Amy Show
Join best friends Meg Bear and Amy Wilson on The Meg and Amy Show – a podcast for big-picture thinkers who are ready to challenge the status quo. As former tech executives and seasoned business leaders, Meg and Amy have spent decades leading through change. Now, they’re joining forces to break down the trends they’ve lived and helped shape.
