New book examines Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend

Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics at ISER, is one of the authors of a new book, Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend, describing the history of the dividend and examining whether this unique Alaska program could be a successful model in other places. Dr. Goldsmith's chapter describes the economic and social impacts of the dividend on Alaska.

In conjunction with the book's release, Goldsmith was one of four guests on KSKA's Hometown, Alaska earlier this month to discuss "this amazing Alaskan invention...and why it is attracting admirers you might not expect..."

Listen to Goldsmith's comments on KSKA.

Published by Palgrave MacMillan, Alaska's Permanent Fund Dividend can be found here.

And don't forget that March 31 is the deadline to apply for your 2012 PFD, and with that to donate to higher education through the Pick.Click.Give. campaign. This year ExxonMobil is matching gifts up to $100,000 to any of the campuses of the University of Alaska, Ilisagvik College and Alaska Pacific University.