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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes the case that one percenters like him should pay their fortune forward in a radically simple way: a guaranteed income for working people.The first half of Chris Hughes' life played like a movie reel right out of the "American Dream." He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook.In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today's economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet.To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America's middle class. Money -- cold hard cash with no strings attached -- gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder.A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation. This book, grounded in Hughes' personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot.
About the Author
Known to many as "Toadman" due to his military vehicle photo website, www.toadmanstankpictures.com, Chris Hughes has been interested in military subjects since childhood. While maintaining a full-time job and having a loving and supportive family, Mr. Hughes has authored or co-authored 3 books, contributed photos to 14 other books and authored many photo essays for several military modelling and military vehicle collector magazines. He has also published a line of photo detail CD-Roms aimed specifically at the scale modeller. In his spare time, Mr. Hughes enjoys spending time with his family, scale modelling and working as a volunteer docent at the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation.
