Associate Professor Damon Jones Discusses the Alaska Permanent Fund

Harris Public Policy Associate Professor Damon Jones was featured in The Moguldom Nation, discussing how cash payments to Alaskans in the form of an annual dividend does not affect employment.

"According to Jones and [co-author Ioana] Marinescu [of UPenn], the state of Alaska has been able to use its oil wealth to give all its residents cash for free and erase extreme poverty," the article states. "And this has not had a negative effect on its economy."

Full coverage available at The Moguldom Nation. Article available at SSRN.