by Jenna van Draanen | Dec 21, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: This article summarizes recent action in Iceland on basic income, where the Pirate Party requested that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing establish a working group for basic income.
Stanislas Jourdan, “Le parti pirate islandais demande au gouvernement de plancher sur le revenu de base [The Icelandic Pirate Party asks the government to consider basic income]” Revenu de base . October 16, 2014
by Jenna van Draanen | Dec 20, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: This short article describes a poll done in France indicating that 73% of the population would favor a single allowance, or a streamlined benefit in lieu of the various existing benefit programs. The article notes that while this may indicate support for the simplicity of basic income, the idea of a basic income is not necessarily to merge all social benefits into a single allowance.
by Jenna van Draanen | Dec 19, 2014 | Research
Mouvement Français pour un Revenu de Base, avec BIEN-Suisse et le Réseau Belge pour un Revenu de base, “Premier numéro: ‘Revenu de base garanti, parcours de vie choisi [First Appearance: “guaranteed basic income, life course chosen], L’inconditionnel, November 28, 2014
by Jenna van Draanen | Dec 19, 2014 | Research
Tomaz Chabinka, “Basic Income: A New Form of Realistic Utopia” 4Liberty.eu, November 25, 2014.