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SPAIN: Spanish Podemos’ Círculo Renta Básica (Basic Income Group) presents its Basic Income Proposal
Spain is preparing for general elections, and the party known as Podemos has found itself at the center of the latest political dispute. As a progressive movement, Podemos has started out by considering Basic Income (BI) in its political framework, namely in...
EUROPE, CANADA, CHINA: International Basic Income Week, 14th–20th September, 2015
“A Safety Net for Life”—this is the motto of this year’s International Basic Income Week which will take place from 14th to 20th September in several European countries. On their website www.woche-des-grundeinkommens.eu, the promoters write: “In a world in which...
ALASKA, USA: New poll shows declining support for the Alaska Dividend
A recent poll asking Alaskans how to deal with the state’s increasingly severe budget deficit found that trimming the Permanent Fund Dividend or PFD (also know as “the Alaska Dividend”) was the most popular solution. The poll also found that a second strategy for...
Olivia Arigho Stiles, “Universal Basic Income – treading the ‘capitalist road to communism’?”
This article rests on an interview with two Max Weber Fellows, Juliana Bidadanure and Ropert Lepenies, who are also Basic Income enthusiastic defenders and organizers of a summer conference on Basic Income at the European University Institute. The article discusses...
ALASKA, USA: 2015 Dividend estimated to be near highest ever
Alaska Dispatch News has released its estimate of Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend (PDF) for this year. The Alaska Dividend is the closest policy to a basic income in the world today. It has paid dividends to all Alaska residents since 1982. According to reporter Sean...
Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark, “The Basic Income debate: political, philosophical and economic issues”
This essay by Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark is a thorough yet condensed analysis of today's situation of the Basic Income activism, particularly the one within Spanish reality. It acutely focuses on Basic Income's implications at the political, philosophical and...
SPAIN: Opinion Poll shows 72% support for basic income in Catalonia Region
72.3% of the the Catalan population would be in favor of a universal basic income of 650 euros per month, an opinion poll concluded.
Guy Standing, “The UK budget: King Canute and the triumph of moralism over morality”
Basic income advocate Guy Standing provides a portrayal of the functional cynicism of the ruling Conservative Party’s recent UK budget announcements, showing how the policy package reflects a long-standing “moralistic utilitarianism” that continues hollowing out...
AUSTRIA: 45 events during 8th Basic Income Week, September 14-20, 2015
The 8th International Basic Income Week will take place September 14-20, For more information, click here. The Austrian basic income alliance Runder Tisch – Grundeinkommen (RTG) recently announced the programme for the 8th International Basic Income Week, September...
Enno Schmidt, “Basic Income in China”
SUMMARY: Cui Zhiyuan is professor of public administration at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He recently starred in a video, following a basic income conference, produced by Enno Schmidt that advocates an unconditional basic income and explains why the kind of means...
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