by Craig Axford | Feb 28, 2014 | Research
Image by Dave Ron
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Canada’s 1970s experiment with a basic income guarantee in a small town in Manitoba is revisited in this article. Though the Mincome pilot program came to an end in 1978 without the impacts of the program receiving much analysis, that changed when Evelyn Forget, professor of health sciences at the University of Manitoba, gained access to the data in 2009.
Vivian Belik, “A Town Without Poverty?”, The Dominion, September 5, 2011
by Craig Axford | Feb 27, 2014 | Research
Source: carolinecircle.com
Jill Segger, “Living by bread alone: economic growth and the citizen’s income”, Ekklesia, February 7, 2014
by Craig Axford | Feb 26, 2014 | News
Source: www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
IDEMBasel, “Basic Income The Movie (English subtitles)”, Youtube, December 20, 2013
by Craig Axford | Feb 25, 2014 | Research
How about a negative interest rate to finance a BIG?
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Most proposals for funding a basic income guarantee rely upon some kind of traditional taxation mechanism. In this post the idea of a negative interest rate that is deposited back into a pool to finance BIG and encourage money’s circulation through the economy is offered as another possible means.
Malcolm Henry, “How To Fund A Universal Basic Income (Without Scaring The Horses)”, Basic Income UK, February 11, 2014
by Craig Axford | Feb 24, 2014 | Research
Illustration: Geoff Grandfield for the Guardian
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Is the reason solutions like a basic income guarantee are so often overlooked or ignored because they are just too obvious? This author thinks perhaps we tend to find the less obvious and more complex “solutions” more alluring, the growing list of studies supporting ideas like BIG not withstanding.
Oliver Burkeman, “This column will change your life: obvious answers”, The Guardian, February 8, 2014
