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Presidential candidate proposes $1,000 per month 'Freedom Dividend'
Democrat Andrew Yang, who was educated at Brown University, says new ideas are needed for the coming changePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jockeying for the Democratic presidential nomination is under way.
And one of the jockeys is a 43-year-old Brown University-educated candidate, who is laser-focused on a particular problem that other politicians aren’t talking about very much on MSNBC and Fox News Channel.
Automation is on its way to eliminating jobs across the U.S. economy, from truck driving to radiology, and eventually the trend will erase the incomes of more than 46 million workers while rewarding a very small number of business owners, says Andrew Yang, a former CEO of Manhattan Prep, a testing preparation company.
He also was the founder and CEO of Venture America, a nonprofit fellowship program for recent college graduates seeking jobs at startups.
Read more: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180619/presidential-candidate-proposes-1000-freedom-dividend
