Brent Ranalli is a public policy researcher at The Cadmus Group, Inc., an employee-owned firm, and a member of the IBM Network Science Research Center. His current research includes universal basic income schemes, such as commons-based dividends and social credit, and the application of virtue ethics to issues of sustainable consumption. He co-edits Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology for Yale University Press, serves on the editorial advisory board of the Thoreau Society Bulletin, and contributes commentary on current and historical events at TheGlobalist.com. He has a BA in history from Harvard University and an MSc in environmental science and policy from Central European University.