Ignaczak, Nina Misuraca, “Could Free Money Solve Poverty?”
Ignaczak, Nina Misuraca, “Could Free Money Solve Poverty?” Shareable. February 2, 2014.
Simon Birnbaum, "Self-Ownership, Liberal Neutrality and the Realm of Freedom: New Reflections on the Justification of Basic Income"
This paper by Simon Birnbaum (Stockholm University, Sweden) is a review essay of Arguing about Justice. Essays for Philippe Van Parijs, that was published in 2011 (now available for free download in PDF). In his review, Birnbaum stresses the fact that this volume is a “massive firework display of brief essays”, and concentrates on some of the chapters discussing – directly or indirectly – basic income. He discusses the Marxian heritage and justifications of basic income (chapters by Elster, and Zelleke), the left-libertarian arguments (chapters by Steiner, and again Zelleke), Van Parijs’ real-libertarian justification of basic income and the challenges to his views (chapters by van der Veen, and Widerquist), and the tensions between the Marxian and liberal-egalitarian arguments (chapter by Roemer).
Full references: Simon Birnbaum (2013), “Self-Ownership, Liberal Neutrality and the Realm of Freedom: New Reflections on the Justification of Basic Income“, Jurisprudence 4 (2): 344-357.
Jesse Walker, “When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes"
Jesse Walker, “When a Citizens’ Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes,” Reason. Feb. 3, 2014.
From Reason.com
Matthew Timms, “Is unconditional basic income the reform Europe needs?"
SUMMARY: Europe’s inflexible labour markets are in need of a structural overhaul, which can perhaps be found in the shape of an unconditional basic income. With many commentators calling for widespread reform, members of the EU parliament have a busy year ahead. Could unconditional basic income be exactly what the union needs to boost employment and reduce poverty?
Matthew Timms, “Is unconditional basic income the reform Europe needs?” European CEO. January 29th, 2014.
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Barbara Jacobson, “Speech at ‘Poverty is Political’, Green Party conference 1 March 2014”
Barbara Jacobson, “Speech at ‘Poverty is Political’, Green Party conference 1 March 2014,” Basic Income UK. March 3, 2014.
Stephanie McMillan 2011 via Basic Income UK
Frances Fox Piven, “Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries
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SUMMARY: In this excerpted chapter, scholar Frances Fox Piven argues that the guarantee of a universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial system careening out of control. This article is an excerpt from her chapter in a book entitled, Imagine Living in a Socialist USA, a new book from edited by Frances Goldin, Debby Smith and Michael Steven Smith; published by HarperCollins, 2014.
Frances Fox Piven, “Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries,” TruthOut. 23 February 2014.