Irish blogger Lui Smyth identifies three tendencies in our contemporary situation which makes a basic income a lively (and necessary) possibility: The decline of the middle class, the end of full employment and the rise of a non-market economy. Originally published on the author’s blog, simulacrum.cc, this article has been widely reposted.

Lui, Smyth, “Three trends that will create a demand for basic income,” Simulacrum, July 10, 2013. https://simulacrum.cc/2013/07/10/three-trends-that-push-us-towards-an-unconditional-basic-income/

Also appears at: https://basicincome.org.uk/opinions/2013/08/trends-for-basic-income/