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Introducing a monetary dividend, ie. printing money and giving it directly to citizens through a periodical income is not a new idea, neither denuded from any rational economic arguments. Quite the contrary, actually. But will people just seriously consider the idea and claim for it to be done?

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You may remember that post in which I explained how exiting the eurozone could be a good opportunity for Greece, if accompanied by a series of relevant measures such as the distribution of a monetary dividend to every citizen living in Greece (ie. a basic income grant funded by money printing).

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Libertarians are less altruistic and emotional, more rational and individualistic than other people, a research paper says.

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One of the main issue of today’s economic shift of paradigm is that most of  the people think like money is always scarce and has to remain so. This way, while the entire World is changing, we are still stuck into the old-fashion straitjacket of our monetary system, based on scarcity.