The Conversation U.S.Basic income isn't a new idea. In 18th-century England, it emerged as a response to landowners seizing common fields.
https://theconversation.com/basic-incomes-appeal-today-is-similar-to-its-roots-in-18th-century-england-its-a-way-to-compensate-people-for-a-common-good-taken-for-private-gain-276950
https://theconversation.com/basic-incomes-appeal-today-is-similar-to-its-roots-in-18th-century-england-its-a-way-to-compensate-people-for-a-common-good-taken-for-private-gain-276950
Basic income’s appeal today is similar to its roots in 18th-century England – it’s a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
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