by Craig Axford | Jul 5, 2014 | Research
Though technology favors extreme jobs, BIG offers a liberating safety net for everyone.
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Technology is increasingly replacing more jobs than it is creating. This trend favors extreme jobs that a few superstars get paid extremely well to do, leaving everyone else either unemployed or underemployed. Jon Evans concludes that a basic income guarantee is the only kind of strong social safety net that can catch everyone and enable people to do the kind of fulfilling things they want to at the same time.
Jon Evans, “Welcome to Extremistan! Please Check Your Career At The Door”, Tech Crunch, June 21, 2014
by Craig Axford | Jul 5, 2014 | Research
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Jessica Flanigan challenges some fundamental objections to a basic income guarantee found within Brink Lindsey’s book Human Capitalism. Brink Lindsey responds in a second post that followed on June 27, 2014. Links to both the initial challenge and the followup response are provided below.
Jessica Flanigan, “Is Living on the Dole Bad For You?”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, June 19, 2014
Response: Brink Lindsey, “Why Living on the Dole Is Bad for You”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, June 27, 2014
by Craig Axford | Jul 3, 2014 | Research
Image: CTV News
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The Basic Income Earth Network’s 15th annual conference in Montreal raises the profile of the basic income guarantee in Canada. A CTV News report on discussions at the BIEN conference points out that press coverage for BIG has been steadily increasing across North America recently. In addition, there has been recent positive movement on the issue within two of Canada’s opposition parties.
Benjamin Shingler, “Are Canadians worth $20k a year, guaranteed?”, CTV News, June 29, 2014
by Craig Axford | Jul 2, 2014 | Research
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Using the Bitcoin protocol as a model, citizens of Iceland are being offered Aurocoin as an alternative to the Krona. Citing a steady decline in the Krona’s value and the collapse of 2008 as the reasoning behind this alternative, each Icelander became entitled to access their share of the new “cryptocurrency” in March of 2014.
Baldur Friggjar Odinsson, A nation breaks the shackles of a fiat currency, Auroracoin, March, 25, 2014
- Aurocoin is new “cryptocurrency” being offered to each Icelander
by Craig Axford | Jul 2, 2014 | Research
Cents and Sensibility, by Brian Donaghy
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This book makes a “A controversial case for a guaranteed minimum income for all in Australia.” It may be found at one of the following links:
Brian Donaghy, Cents and Sensibility. Australian Ebook Publisher, 16 June 2014.
