Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
Once an intellectual exercise reserved for academics, proposals for basic income have begun to enter mainstream conversation. Despite boasting proponents on both sides of the aisle, there are stark differences in each side’s vision for a basic income policy.
by Betsy Keating In a stereotypical view of the United States, those living in the suburbs are affluent, with larger homes, better schools, and safer neighborhoods, and poverty is a problem only for the inner-city. A recent report published by the Brookings Institution challenges this assumption, demonstrating that suburban poverty rates have been steadily rising over […]