Alex Pareene, “Down with work! A pro-freedom agenda liberals should embrace”

by | Feb 23, 2014 | Research

Down with work! A pro-freedom agenda liberals should embrace

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[Craig Axford]

This article makes the case that the recent announcement that the Affordable Care Act is allowing people to leave jobs they previously held on to just for the healthcare benefits is good news.  Accessibility to a basic income, as well as healthcare, would give people even more freedom to escape tedious jobs they really don’t want to be doing.

Alex Pareene, “Down with work! A pro-freedom agenda liberals should embrace”, Salon, February 7, 2014

Duncan Cameron, “A living minimum”

by | Feb 22, 2014 | Research

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Should we be debating a basic income guarantee instead of minimum wage hikes and wealth taxes?

[Craig Axford]

Citing a 2009 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPPA), this author argues that a basic income guarantee wouldn’t necessarily involve a huge expenditure by government to implement.  Providing a greater degree of separation between work and income might, as Eric Fromm argued, also greatly enhance personal freedom.

Duncan Cameron, “A living minimum”, rabble.ca, February 4, 2014

Yap Shiwen, “Basic Income: Resolving Wealth Inequality”

by | Feb 21, 2014 | Research

Would a basic income guarantee bring greater equality to Singapore? Image source: www.latentexistence.me.uk

[Craig Axford]

SUMMARY: Singapore has one of the highest inequality rates in the world.  Could a basic income guarantee help increase equality in a manner that would be palatable to the city-state’s business community?

Yap Shiwen, “Basic Income: Resolving Wealth Inequality”, The Online Citizen: A Community of Singapore, January 30, 2014