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Shareholder at Birth

Name: Shareholder at Birth: Keep Your UBI, Give Me What's Mine
Author: Emin Medić

“Keep Your UBI, Give Me What’s Mine”

by Emin Medić

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Inside the Book

What’s Inside

01
What We All OwnFind any object on your desk. A phone will do. Its price hides three silent donors.
02
The Missing InvoiceThe market prints receipts for shareholders. It prints none for the shared lung.
03
Beyond UBI: From Safety Net to StakeUBI says “here, survive.” The dividend says “this was always yours.”
04
When Machines Inherit the WorkAI doesn’t just replace labor. It makes the commons question urgent.
05
Earth: The Finite CommonsAtmosphere, minerals, water, spectrum. Used as if the ground would never mind.
06
The Invisible Inputs: Knowledge and DataCenturies of public research and billions of data points. Unpriced. Uncredited.
07
Enforcement Without a World GovernmentNo new agencies. New rules riding existing institutions.
08
The Fund and the DividendHow the money flows. From gate to fund to person.
09
Starting: Corporate Moves and Early PilotsA port adds one line to a manifest. A city scores bids on commons intensity. It starts Monday.
10
Building the Coalition: From Cities to BordersFrom cities to borders. How adoption spreads.
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Objections, AnsweredWon’t people stop working? Can’t companies just leave? Every objection, addressed.
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Epilogue: Letter to a NewbornHello, child. You are a shareholder of Earth.

Who Should Read This

Policy makers looking for the next economic framework — beyond austerity and beyond naive redistribution.
Anyone who felt the system was rigged but couldn’t name exactly why. This book gives you the structure behind that feeling.
Founders, investors, and workers asking: where does value really come from? What are we actually building on?
People tired of the charity narrative — the one that says your floor must be earned or gifted. This is about shared benefit, not aid.
AI researchers and technologists thinking about what automation means for economic participation.
Citizens who care about the environment but are frustrated with solutions that require sacrifice from individuals while corporations externalise freely.

“What flows from all must return to all.”

— Emin Medić, Shareholder at Birth

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