by Craig Axford | Feb 19, 2014 | Research
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[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: This article cites research indicating that even a basic income guarantee of as little as $2,920 a year to every American, whether they are of working age or not, could reduce poverty by as much as 50%, and it would cost about what the US is spending on anti-poverty programs right now.
Jillian Corriera, “Universal basic income could lower poverty”, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, February 13, 2014.
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 18, 2014 | Research
Hugh Segal
Hugh Segal, author of The Right Balance: Canada’s Conservative Tradition (Douglas and McIntyre, 2011), is an Ontario senator and former president of the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Hugh Segal, “Scrapping Welfare: The case for guaranteeing all Canadians an income above the poverty line,” Literary review of Canada, December 2012.
by Craig Axford | Feb 18, 2014 | Research
UTNE Reader, How to Win the War on Poverty, February 2014
[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: In January of 2014 the United States marked the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The author of this article contends this “war’s” failure is due to its focus on the symptoms of poverty rather than the roots of poverty. A basic income guarantee, he contends, would attack the roots.
Sam Ross-Brown, “How to Win the War on Poverty”, Utne Reader, February 3, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 17, 2014 | Research
Lindsay Tedds
Lindsay Tedds, “Guaranteed Annual Income,” Dead for Tax Reasons, January 13, 2014.
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 16, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: In November of 1969, the President’s Commission on Income Maintenance Programs issued a report titled “Poverty Amid Plenty: the American Paradox.” The purpose of the report was to assess the current slate of anti-poverty programs and make recommendations for how to make more headway on poverty reduction. Bruenig reviews this report showing the pedigree of the current basic income guarantee proposal in the United States.
Matt Bruenig, “Poverty Amid Plenty: A 1969 Basic Income Proposal,” PolicyShop, February 3, 2014.
PolicyShop
by Karl Widerquist | Feb 16, 2014 | Research
Race against the machine
Among the solutions the authors suggest in this book is guaranteeing every American a basic income.
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, Race Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy, Digital Frontier Press. 10/28/2011.
