The War on Normal People

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you can't ignore the unconventional Democrat, Andrew Yang. The platform of the other candidates tend to vary in shades of gray, but Yang truly stands out with his solo championing of universal basic income.

It's almost surprising how controversial universal basic income, or ubi, is seen by the mainstream. As Yang is quick to remind us, ubi was being kicked around back when the New Deal was written, and Alaska has already had ubi for years. Yang lays out a compelling argument, complete with lots of statistics (he half-jokes that he will be the first President to use PowerPoint in his State of the Union addresses).

Interspersed in his argument are biographical details, some surprisingly candid, while most are the sort of details you expect from someone wanting you to get to know a soon-to-be Presidential candidate.

Best of all, at less than 300 pages, it's an easy read, and not as hard to digest as one might think. Universal basic income is going to be something we, as a society, are going to have to keep coming back to considering, so this is an essential purchase, even if Yang doesn't make it to the next debate stage.