Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner is a senior fellow with The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

LA resident holds up sign demanding reparations for slavery

Opinion

September 6, 2023

Instead of reparations, expand opportunities for Blacks

Reparations are bad policy and incredibly divisive. Instead, here are some better ways to overcome downstream effects of slavery and segregation for Black Americans.

Universal Basic Income might fix our broken welfare system – Give it the serious, scholarly debate it deserves

Opinion

March 22, 2019

Universal Basic Income might fix our broken welfare system – Give it the serious, scholarly debate it deserves

Handing out free money to everyone under what's called a Universal Basic Income is a controversial and costly idea to fight poverty.