Alyssa Battistoni is a doctoral candidate in political theory at Yale and an associate faculty member at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Her writing has appeared in Dissent, n+1 Mother Jones and Jacobin, where she is on the editorial board.
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Labor
Jobs Guarantee or Universal Basic Income? Why Not Both?
Alyssa Battistoni
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Viewpoint
Jobs Guarantee or Universal Basic Income? Why Not Both?
Neither is a silver bullet, but they can help us tackle inequality and climate change.
Alyssa Battistoni
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Feature
How the Rich Ruin the Environment
The solution? Curb overconsumption and overwork.
Alyssa Battistoni