A new research report from the Northern Policy Institute (NPI), a Canadian think-tank based in Ontario, has put forward an argument that Canada would benefit from a basic income guarantee.
Basic income has been a topic of serious discussion in Canada this year, with Ontario preparing to trial a basic income, and Nova Scotia and Manitoba also earnestly debating the idea. Among its most prominent advocates are Dr. Evelyn Forget, an economist at the...
MIPR University of Manitoba, “Panel 1: The Legacy of Mincome & other Basic Income Experiments - Evelyn Forget” Manitoba Institute for Policy Research. March 26, 2015.
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In Canada, basic income has become a central issue in the debate on a post-pandemic recovery. Recent steps taken by the governing Liberal Party to endorse the policy has begged the question whether this might represent a serious step towards a permanent national basic...
In this new book, work, technology and society are discussed through a series of view points, given by several authors (e.g.: Matt Zwolinski, Michael Cholbi, Andrea Veltman, Evelyn Forget, among others). Universal Basic Income is a policy described at the center of...
When people ask me where to find empirical research on the effects of Basic Income online, I tend to recommend the following sources, both for the sources themselves and for the many more sources you'll find in their bibliographies: Karl Widerquist A Critical Analysis...
Minho, Portugal. Picture credit to: Notícias ao Minuto Last Wednesday there was a Conference on Basic Income at Universidade do Minho, called “Rendimento Básico: uma Ferramenta para uma Europa Social? [Basic Income: a Tool for a Social Europe?]”. It was...
The plenary sessions of the BIEN Congress 2018 are now available to view, here (all). Individually, the recordings can also be watched in the following embedded links. Philip Alston, "Should We Frame Basic Income as a Human Right?" Louise Haagh, "The...
Anonymous recipient of the Ontario basic income experiment. Photo credit: Jessie Golem, photographer responsible for the Humans of Basic Income project The Ontario Basic Income Pilot, started by a liberal government, was canceled on July 31st 2018, by the newly...
Scientific reasoning rarely works in the public sphere. Instead, basic income projects are at risk of ending prematurely.
After reporting on the two first days of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress in Tampere, Finland, 24th and 25th of August, a second and final part is here lay forth, covering for the event on the last day (26th). (Note 1) Jamie Cooke, Sarath Davala,...
[This article is a draft chapter of my book, A Critical Discussion of UBI Experiments, adapted as a blog post] Like the experiments the 1960s and ’70s, the current round of experiments appears at a time when concern about poverty and inequality is rising and people...
The 2018 NABIG (North American Basic Income Guarantee) Congress happened in Hamilton, Ontario, from May 24th to May 27th at McMaster University. There were around 120 people presenting and attendance between 270-280 people. The conference was notably diverse, with...
Johann Hari, a successful non-fiction writer, has used his latest book, Lost Connections, to explore the topic of depression, looking at certain possible solutions to the debilitating condition. Although most traditional solutions for depression are individual and...
This is the preliminary program for the North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress, which will happen at the Michael DeGroote Center for Learning and Discovery, in the McMaster University, city of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada. Registrations can still be...
My interest in basic income stemmed from the conjecture that such a policy could help to ignite a progression away from the culture of total work. However, there are many open empirical questions regarding the exact way in which a basic income would (or would not)...
The London School of Economics (LSE) will host a Basic Income day event on Tuesday, 20th of February 2018. This event will join several experts to discuss political feasibility, funding mechanisms and costing of basic income, in the morning session. On the afternoon,...
The 2018 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for papers, themed panels or roundtables that cover any aspect of the justification, design, implementation, or politics of universal basic income. Send us your...
By Jason Burke Murphy On October 3rd, the Social Work Department at the University of Manitoba held a Symposium on the Mincome Experiment conducted in Dauphin, Manitoba in the 1970’s. This included presentations by the Director of the Mincome Experiment in the...