Andrew Yang

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Andrew Yang (2019)

Andrew M. Yang (born January 13, 1975 in Schenectady , New York ) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist , author and lawyer who ran for election to the 2020 President of the United States until February 11, 2020. Initially working as a corporate lawyer, Yang worked from 2000 to 2009 in various start-up and early-stage growth companies as a founder and manager. In 2011 he founded Venture for America (VFA), a not-for-profit organization focused on creating jobs in cities recovering from the Great Recession.

Life

Yang grew up in New York State as a child of Taiwanese immigrants. His father worked as a doctor of physics in large companies, his mother as a mathematician and artist. After several years in public schools, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy , a boarding school in New Hampshire , from which he graduated in 1992. He then studied economics at Brown University , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts . After Brown University, Yang attended Columbia Law School , where he received his JD degree. He is the founder of the nonprofit Venture for America , a mentoring program for economically troubled cities in America.

2020 presidential candidacy

Yang entered the area code of the Democratic Party for the presidential nomination in 2020 to. One of the main political goals was the introduction of an unconditional basic income , which he called “ freedom dividend ” and which he considered to be indispensable due to increasing automation in production. The idea of ​​a basic income was supported by Martin Luther King and Richard Nixon in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s . On February 12, 2020, he announced the withdrawal of his candidacy and promised to support the still-to-be-determined democratic candidate in the election for president. On March 10, 2020, Yang declared his support for Joe Biden .

literature

  • Andrew Yang: Smart People Should Build Things: How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America . HarperCollins Publishers, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-229204-9 .
  • Andrew Yang: The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future. Hachette Book Group, New York 2018, ISBN 978-0-316-41424-1 .

Web links

Commons : Andrew Yang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This 43-year-old running for president in 2020 wants to give everyone $ 1,000 a month in free cash www.cnbc.com, April 11, 2018
  2. ↑ Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans www.theatlantic.com, August 28, 2013
  3. ↑ History of the USA: Nixon's Unconditional Basic Income www.zeit.de, September 5, 2011
  4. ^ Paul LeBlanc CNN: Andrew Yang endorses Joe Biden for president. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Yang, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yang, Andrew M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Schenectady , New York