by BINews | Oct 28, 2013 | Opinion
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0:34 Stumbling and Mumbling “Why not a basic income?”
https://binews.org/2013/10/stumbling-and-mumbling-why-not-a-basic-income/
0:54 United Kingdom – Tom Streithorst
https://binews.org/2013/10/tom-streithorst-%e2%80%9cbasic-income-and-the-atavistic-appeal-of-austerity%e2%80%9d/
1:22 Denmark – Philippe Van Parijs
https://binews.org/2013/10/copenhagen-denmark-%e2%80%9clectures-with-philippe-van-parijs%e2%80%9d-nov-1-2-2013/
2:20 The United States – USA Today
https://binews.org/2013/10/duncan-black-minimum-income-proposal-worth-considering/
2:38 The United States – Matt Bruenig
https://binews.org/2013/10/matt-bruenig-how-a-universal-basic-income-would-affect-poverty/
3:12 Canada – BIEN congress
https://binews.org/2013/10/bien-congress-2014-now-available-on-facebook-and-twitter/
3:59 Belgium – De Morgen
https://binews.org/2013/10/basic-income-makes-the-headlines-in-belgium/
5:20 Europe – Guy Standing
https://binews.org/2013/10/guy-standing-to-give-several-presentations-on-basic-income-in-italy-norway-finland-and-the-united-kingdom-2-13-november-2013/
5:43 Switzerland – Daniel Haeni
https://binews.org/2013/10/interview-daniel-haeni-on-the-swizz-initiative/
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by Karl Widerquist | Oct 27, 2013 | Research
Guy Standing
Guy Standing, honorary co-president of BIEN and Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will be taking part in a debate on basic income at the Salone dell’Editoria Sociale book fair in Rome. The event will take place on Saturday 2 November 2013 at 6.15pm to 8pm at the Porta Futura, Via Galvani 108 (Testaccio), Rome. Click here for more details.
On Monday 4 November, Standing will talk about basic income to the Bergen Students Society. The event will take place at 6pm at the Akademiske Kvarter, Olav Kyrres gate 49, 5015 Bergen. For more information please click here.
Standing will then speak at two venues in Helsinki on issues related to the precariat, identified in his 2011 book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, including why the precariat needs a basic income. On Wednesday 6 November he will give a keynote address to the 2013 Finnish Conference on Youth Studies entitled “Generations, Economy and Equity”. The conference will take place from 10am to 6pm at the House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki. Click here for more information.
On Thursday 7 November he will give a guest lecture at 2pm at Aalto University, Arkadia building, Lapuankatu 6, Helsinki, lecture room AE-127. For more information click here.
Warwick PPE Forum: All Work and No Pay in 2013
On Saturday 9 November Standing will be one of the speakers at the 2013 Forum organized by the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Society of Warwick University. The title of the forum is “All Work and No Pay in 2013: The Automation of the Global Economy”, and will address, inter alia, how technological progress can be used for the benefit of all rather than just an elite. The Forum will take place at 2pm to 6pm at the Arts Centre, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
On Wednesday 13 November, Standing will give a seminar on “Basic Income in India: Evaluating a Pilot Scheme” at the India Institute, King’s College, University of London, Strand, WC2R 2LS. The seminar, based on the results of an unconditional cash transfer pilot scheme in a number of Indian villages, will be held from 5pm to 7pm. Click here for more information.
by Karl Widerquist | Oct 26, 2013 | Research
[Craig Axford]
According to this article, fear of inflation and creditors’ desire to be paid back in a strong currency has fuelled the austerity argument. However, growing productivity and increasing numbers of debtors is driving down demand. Tom Streithorst argues that a basic guaranteed income is perhaps the only big idea being advanced that could solve that problem.
Tom Streithorst, “Basic Income and the Atavistic Appeal of Austerity,” Pieria, Oct 15, 2013: https://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/basic_income_and_the_atavistic_appeal_of_austerity
Basic Income and the Atavistic Appeal of Austerity -Image by Andrew Parsons, Pieria
by Karl Widerquist | Oct 25, 2013 | Research
[Craig Axford]
This short blog post provides an overview of the basic income guarantee idea along with an easy to use calculator that enables visitors to calculate the cost of providing everyone in the United States with a basic income. By experimenting with the calculator tool it’s possible to see how much various basic income levels will decrease poverty and how much of GDP the program will cost.
Matt Bruenig, “How a Universal Basic Income Would Affect Poverty,” Policy Shop, October 3, 2013.
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by Yannick Vanderborght | Oct 25, 2013 | Research
On October 25, 2013, basic income made the front page of the Flemish left-of-centre daily De Morgen. The article referred to a new book authored by Peter De Keyzer, a chief economist at the bank BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels. In his book, entitled “Growth makes happy”, De Keyzer advocates the implementation of a substantial basic income of EUR1,000 per month in Belgium, and the suppression of several existing benefits (such as pensions and social assistance). The article also includes an interview with Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba) about the Canadian BI experiments in the 1970s, as well as with Philippe Van Parijs (Louvain University). According to Van Parijs, “In Europe, the idea of a basic income has never been so lively than these days”. The President of the Flemish Green Party, Wouter Van Besien, criticizes the proposal made by De Keyzer, as it would- he argues – lead to more inequality and more poverty. The editorial of De Morgen, by Bart Eeckhout, is also entirely devoted to basic income. It is entitled “Basic income is worth a discussion”.
The editorial by Bart Eeckhout can be read online (although its title is different from the printed version). The article itself is not available online.
