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Scott Santens

CEO, ITSA Foundation

Author, “Let There Be Money”

Scott Santens has researched and championed universal basic income since 2013.

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Scott Santens, UBI researcher and CEO of the ITSA Foundation.

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  • Universal basic income
  • Automation and work
  • Social policy

Scott Santens has researched and championed universal basic income since 2013. He is the CEO of the ITSA Foundation and the author of “Let There Be Money,” whom author Rutger Bregman called “the most effective basic income activist.” He has written for major outlets and testified before government bodies on basic-income policy.

In the recorded SuperDebate he argued the affirmative: that an unconditional basic income would be net beneficial for American citizens, citing trials from Stockton to Finland.

Past appearance

UBI Debate: Should America Have a Universal Basic Income?

WhenJuly 10, 2026

WhereRecorded online

SuperDebate. An unconditional basic income would be net beneficial for American citizens

Malcolm Collins, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Pragmatist Foundation.
Appearing withMalcolm Collins