Is Guaranteed Income the Answer to Poverty in America? This Study Says Yes | Amanpour and Company

Many Americans are trapped in a decades-long cycle of poverty. In 2019, the mayor of Stockton, California launched a trailblazing anti-poverty initiative called the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration [SEED]. The project began by giving 125 individuals a guaranteed basic income of $500 a month for two years. Participants were chosen from neighborhoods with a median income of $46,000 or less. Director Sukhi Samra and researcher Amy Castro Baker speak about the program's preliminary results with Hari Sreenivasan, as part of our ongoing initiative about poverty, jobs and economic opportunity in America called Chasing the Dream. Originally aired on March 9, 2021. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to the Amanpour and Company. channel here: https://bit.ly/2EMIkTJ Subscribe to our daily newsletter to find out who's on each night: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-... For more from Amanpour and Company, including full episodes, click here: https://to.pbs.org/2NBFpjf Like Amanpour and Company on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2HNx3EF Follow Amanpour and Company on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2HLpjTI Watch Amanpour and Company weekdays on PBS (check local listings). Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City. #amanpourpbs