by Karl Widerquist | Jan 23, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: An article on the cost of living, the cost of stigmatising, and the cost of forgetting the rich historical basis of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) idea. It further explores how the recent proposal to institute a UBI in Switzerland may turn out to be a short-lived experiment, but how it raises important questions about human needs, social justice and how to attend them.
Tobias Haeusermann is a PhD candidate in Sociology at King’s College, University of Cambridge.
Tobias Haeusermann, “A Salary for Living,” King’s Review, Jan 17th, 2014.
From the King's Review
by Karl Widerquist | Jan 23, 2014 | Research
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “What Happens When the Poor Receive a Stipend?” The New York Times, January 18, 2014.
by Karl Widerquist | Jan 22, 2014 | Research
Greg’s Blog, “Why Do I Support the Unconditional Basic Income Initiative?” Greg’s Blog. November 15, 2013.
by Craig Axford | Jan 22, 2014 | Research
[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: The Swiss have a long history of referendums that lead to change not only at home, but abroad as well. Recently they passed a referendum giving shareholders greater say over executive compensation, and though a proposal to cap executive salaries to 12 times that of the lowest paid worker recently failed, it is an idea that has made its way into at least one European party’s platform. According to this article, with a vote set for later this year on a basic income guarantee, the Swiss may be having an impact again.
Stephan Faris, “The Swiss Join the Fight Against Inequality”, Bloomberg Businessweek, January 16, 2014
Photograph by Denis Balibouse/Reuters
by Craig Axford | Jan 22, 2014 | Research
[Craig Axford]
The following series of posts regarding a basic income guarantee were written by Joshua McCabe, a PhD candidate in the department of sociology at the University at Albany and an Adam Smith Fellow at the Mercatus Center. All posts were written for the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog.
Joshua McCabe, “The Positive Political Economy of the Basic Income Guarantee”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, January 3, 2014.
Joshua McCabe, “The Political Failure of Basic Income Guarantee in the United States”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, January 6, 2014.
Joshua McCabe, “Future Prospects for a Basic Income Guarantee in the United States”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, January 7, 2014
Joshua McCabe, “Basic Income Roundup”, Bleeding Heart Libertarians, January 8, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | Jan 21, 2014 | Research
Equal Life Foundation. “Living Income and Nationalized Resources,” Equal Life Foundation, July, 2, 2012.
