Democratic Wealth
OurKingdom: Power & Liberty in Britain, “Democratic Wealth,” 15 May 2013
This piece discusses BIG from a republican prespective—that is from the two-millennia old political movement with roots in the writings of Cicero, Livy, Machiavelli, and Rousseau and with little or nothing to do with the so-called “Republican” party in the United States. According to the authors, “Republicanism offers a persuasive guide to the political shaping of markets. A basic income could be the foundation of a democratic republican economy that frees all citizens from the commodification of labour.”
The piece is a part of a series called “Democratic Wealth” (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/collections/democratic-wealth-building-citizens-economy), which is edited by Stuart White and which has included other pieces on basic income, including “The Alaska Model: a citizen’s income in practice” (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/karl-widerquist/alaska-model-citizens-income-in-practice).
Julie Wark is the author of Manifiesto de derechos humanos (The Human Rights Manifesto, 2011). Daniel Raventos is the author of Basic Income: The Material Conditions of Freedom. Both are involved with the international political review Sin Permiso.
Raventos, Daniel and Julie Wark, “A republican call for a basic income”
OurKingdom: Power & Liberty in Britain, “Democratic Wealth,” 15 May 2013
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/daniel-raventos-julie-wark/republican-call-for-basic-income
