The Revolution of Social Justice international conference will be held in Budapest on May 21, 2016, on the theme of “the chances of progressive politics and basic income in Europe and Hungary.”
Keynote speakers include Guy Standing (economist, Research Professor at University of London, and co-founder of Basic Income Earth Network), Iván Szelényi (Professor of Sociology at New York University), and Enno Schmidt (artist and co-initiator of the popular initiative for basic income in Switzerland).
The conference also includes two panel discussions on themes related to basic income: the first on basic income pilot projects and how to move from these experiments to national projects, and the second on how to build progressive social and political movements to support (or be supported by) basic income initiatives.
A third panel discussion, featuring a diverse group of national public figures, asks “What’s next, Hungary?”
The conference concludes with a festival–which will include a poem and song recital by Virág Erdős and László Kollár-Klemencz and concert by Kistehén Band.
Attendance is free upon registration.
! ! ! ! !BREAKING ! ! ! ! ! The latest national survey by Republika Institute of the Hungarian population, 76% – to support the introduction of a basic income.
How exciting! Do you have a source for these data?
Great. Do you have verification (preferably in English because we’re short on Hungarian-speaking reporters)? Can you send it to the editors so we can write a story about it.
Wait stop…Lets just have a closer look at that statistic. 76% of what/whom support the introduction of a basic income? Is this being lost in translation and confused with a minimum wage? I dont recollect any Hungarian national survey on basic income. Please prove me wrong.
Hungary has a population of just under 10 million. Roughly 70% are of working age. i.e 7 million. Take from that number people in full time higher and further education, the ill and the unemployed and the very many who are so poor or the very few who are so wealthy that they will never consider any project and you have about 50% of the working age population, somewhere around 3.5 million people who could benefit and participate and whos opinion a survey on basic income should attempt to reflect.
http://republikon.hu/elemzesek,-kutatasok/160520-alapjoevedelem.aspx
https://parbeszedmagyarorszagert.hu/hu/hir/magyarok-76-tamogatja-az-alapjovedelmet
http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20160523_szabo_timea_a_magyarok_76_a_tamogatja_az_alapjovedelmet