Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth

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  Scott Bessent

  U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present); founder of Key Square Group

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  President Trump's $1,000 Baby Account, thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, doesn't replace Social Security—it supplements it. Every newborn becomes a stakeholder in America's future. Compounding wealth, not government dependence. Unverified source (2026)

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  Nathan Gardels

  Editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine; co-founder and senior adviser of the Berggruen Institute

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  Since income through labor will diminish and even disappear where tasks are routinized, more of people's earnings in the decades ahead should be drawn from an ownership stake in listed companies, particularly those where intelligent machines are disp... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Larry Fink

  Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

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  There's a real risk artificial intelligence could widen wealth inequality if ownership does not broaden alongside it. [...] We'll see how these accounts evolve, but if they are structured thoughtfully, and paired with existing investment vehicles for... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Joseph Blasi

  J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University; Director Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing

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  Right now, the priority is to develop capital ownership 'homestead stakes' by as many citizens as possible. [...] Like Alaska, an AI permanent fund would use the dividends and some of the capital gains to create capital income payments. The payouts w... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Darrick Hamilton

  Economist. Professor at New School, New York

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  The fundamental point is providing people with capital at a key point in their life, so they can get into an asset that will passively appreciate over their lifetime. Unverified source (2026)

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  David Autor

  MIT labor economist; Ford Professor of Economics; leading researcher on technology and employment

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  Although I do not at all like the idea of universal basic income because I don't think it solves many problems, and I think it creates others, I do like the idea of what some people call universal basic wealth where people are granted the endowment o... more Unverified source (2026)

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