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Gordon Shure [gordonshure.com] writes:

The hotly anticipated experiment with basic income [wikipedia.org] from Silicon Valley finance firm Y Combinator appears to be making good progress [ycombinator.com]. The company has chosen Elizabeth Rhodes as the project's Research Director, opting for the little-known PHD graduate over applications from tenured professors working at Oxford and Harvard universities. Oakland, California is where the basic income research will happen: the community has been chosen for its close proximity to Y Combinator's head office, and the much-reported wealth divide in the locality [sfchronicle.com].

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