Yeah, the APF was mentioned in the Medium article, and I'm familiar with it as I have family both who live in Alaska, and who have worked in the oil industry. Also, I've been to deadhorse myself, but I'm not sure that qualifies me for anything other than glancing at the pipeline now and again for hours and hours and hours on the Dalton.
I'm not sure how relevant this is, but I believe it's related to the topic of basic income, and hopefully it's at least slightly interesting! :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund
(Coincidentally, I only heard about it last weekend, at what you could describe as an "alternative economics" conference.)