Summer Speaking Tour 2017

Overview (details below)

June 15-18, 2017: New York, NY
June 20-21: Brussels, Belgium
June 27-29: Sheffield, United Kingdom
July 5-7: Stockholm, Sweden
July 9: Oslo, Norway
July 11: Haugesund, Norway
July 27-29: St. Louis, Missouri/O’Fallon, Illinois
August 15: Canberra, Australia
August 16: Sydney, Australia
August 17-18: Melbourne, Australia
August 31-September 1: Reykjavik, Iceland
September 25-27: Lisbon, Portugal
November 14: Doha, Qatar

So many conferences and seminars have agreed to let me give talks this summer and fall that I’m calling my usual working vacation a “Speaking Tour.” It’s (tentatively) 21 talks in 14 cities in 9 countries, which sounds like a lot, but it’s spaced out over 5 months interspersed with regular work at my job and/or vacation days.

I’ll discuss a variety of topics including the cost of Basic Income, why Basic Income is so important, a property theory I call Justice as the Pursuit of Accord, a criticism of influential political theories I call Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy, the political economy of Basic Income trials, and more. It sounds like a lot, but it’s based on work I’ve done over the last ten years or so.

It’s a hectic schedule, but I feel extremely lucky to be able to do this. All of the travel is sponsored either by my university or by institutions. If my expenses are paid, and my boss gives me time off, I’m willing to travel a lot more than this.

Most of these events are open to the public and most of them are free. So, if you’re anywhere near any of these places, meet me there. Come, tell me where I got it wrong. I’m looking forward to discussing some issues.

Event details

June 15-18, 2017: New York, NY: “The 16^th North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress”

• June 15: 4pm: Interview with “Income Outcome,” a feature documentary on UBI (prerecording)
• June 15: 6-8pm: Featured speaker, “Opening Panel of the NABIG Congress,” Roosevelt House, Hunter College
• June 17: 10:20-11:50am, Presenter, “The Cost of UBI: Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations,” Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College

June 20-21: Brussels, Belgium: “Conference: Why Private Property? Politics of property and its alternatives”

• June 21, 9:30-10:30am: Keynote Speaker, “Justice as the Pursuit of Accord: A more-tentative theory with far-reaching implications,” Free University of Brussels
• June 21, 5:15-6:30pm: Panelist: “Round table: The Proper Role for Property in a Theory of Justice,” Free University of Brussels

June 27-29: Sheffield, United Kingdom: “Association of Social and Political Philosophy 2017 Annual Conference”

• June 28, 2:00-3:30pm: Presenter, “The Prehistory of Private Property,” University of Sheffield

July 5-7: Stockholm, Sweden: “Economic Ethics Network Annual Conference” (invitation only) at the Institute for Futures Studies

• Date & time TBA: presenting Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

July 9: Oslo, Norway: BIEN Norway

• Date & Event TBA

July 11: Haugesund, Norway: BIEN Norway

• Date &Event TBA

July 27-29: St. Louis, Missouri/O’Fallon, Illinois: “The 37th Conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations”

• June 29, 10:30-11:45: Featured speaker, “The People’s Endowment: Common Resources and Basic Income,” Hilton Garden Inn, O’Fallon, Illinois

August 15: Canberra, Australia: Basic Income Guarantee Australia events

• Morning: Featured speaker, workshop with MPs at Parliament House, details TBA
• Evening: Featured speaker, public event, details TBA

August 16: Sydney, Australia: Basic Income Guarantee Australia events

• Lunchtime: Presenting, Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy in Masterclass for social science and philosophy faculty, details TBA
• 6:00-7:30pm: Public Lecture, “Why we need a Basic Income,” Charles Perkins Center Auditorium, the University of Sydney

August 17-18: Melbourne, Australia: “Basic Income Guarantee Australia Workshop on Basic Income”

• August 17: evening: Public forum, events TBA
• August 18: Featured speaker, details TBA

August 31-September 1: Reykjavik, Iceland: “Nordic UBI Conference: Basic Income and the Nordic Welfare Model”

• September 1, 11:30am-12:10: Featured Speaker, “The Political Economy of Basic Income Trials,” Nordic House, Reykjavik
• September 1, 1:30-3pm, Panelist “Panel Discussion,” Nordic House, Reykjavik

September 25-27: Lisbon, Portugal, “17th BIEN Congress: Implementing a Basic Income”

• September 25: Presenter, “The Political Economy of Basic Income Trials,” Portuguese National Parliament, Lisbon, Portugal

November 14 (Date to be confirmed): Doha, Qatar: Faculty Seminar

• 4:30-6pm: Presenter, “The Cost of Basic Income: Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations”