Reading scottsantens.com: Membership, Subscriptions, and What You Can Access

Most article listings on scottsantens.com carry a "Paid Members Public" label, so you should expect some posts to sit behind a membership tier rather than being fully open. The site also offers a free email subscription: you enter your address, submit, and then click the confirmation link sent to your inbox to complete sign-up. The site does not publish membership prices or state that everything is free, so treat access level as something to check per post.

What the site is

scottsantens.com is the blog of Scott Santens, an author and unconditional universal basic income (UBI) specialist who says he has researched and advocated for UBI since 2013. The site describes him as founder and CEO of the Income To Support All (ITSA) Foundation, host of The Basic Income Show, a board member of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, and author of Let There Be Money. He also notes a Substack, Foreword to Civilization.

Reading articles: what the labels tell you

The homepage's Featured Posts and Recent Posts sections show entries such as:

The practical reading: the label appears on the listing itself, so scan it before clicking. If a post is marked for paid members, expect a paywall or restricted view; if you only need the gist, the excerpt shown on the listing page often summarizes the argument. For a beginner, the UBI FAQ post is the natural starting point, and Santens points new readers to that FAQ plus his evidence threads on Bluesky and X.

Subscribing by email

The subscription form on the page works in three steps:

1. Enter your email address in the subscribe field.
2. Submit the form.
3. Open the confirmation email and click the link.

The page's own messages cover the outcomes: "Please check your inbox and click the link to confirm your subscription," "Please enter a valid email address," and "An error occurred, please try again later." If nothing arrives, check spam and re-submit; the confirmation step is required, so an unconfirmed address will not be subscribed.

Supporting the work

Santens states that he has lived with a basic income floor via Patreon since 2015, which let him focus on popularizing UBI full-time. Patreon is therefore the route he describes for ongoing financial support; the site does not list amounts or tiers, so check the Patreon page itself for current options. He also asks readers to share his work and notes the book is available on Amazon or as a free listen on podcast platforms.

A sensible order of operations

• New to UBI: start with the FAQ post, then the evidence threads he links.
• Want updates: complete the email confirmation, and follow him on Bluesky or X.
• Want deeper or member content: check whether a post's "Paid Members" label applies, and look at Patreon for support options.
• Want the full argument on funding: his book Let There Be Money covers UBI and how to pay for it.