Understanding UBI w/ Give Directly Co-Founder & Economist: Paul Niehaus, Episode 18

Paul Niehaus is an economist and entrepreneur who’s researching the impact of large-scale anti-poverty programs. He’s currently an Associate Professor of Economics at UC San Diego. Formerly, he co-founded Give Directly and served as its chairman which is one of the biggest international NGOs. It has delivered over $500 million in conditional digital cash transfers across 9 different countries. Ibrahim, Jenish & Matt discussed UBI (universal basic income) with Paul among other economic topics. You can learn more about his work here: https://econweb.ucsd.edu/~pniehaus/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------About the Gen Z Speaks Podcast Hosts: Ibrahim Ahmed is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Southern California (USC) studying politics, philosophy, and law. Jenish Thanki is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) studying computer science. Matthew Gutierrez is a summa cum laude graduate from the University of La Verne's (ULV) business administration program.