by Karl Widerquist | Oct 9, 2013 | Research
[Craig Axford]
GiveDirectly.org takes a different approach to charity by giving money directly to those in need, no strings attached. Emily DeCiccio of MSNBC reports that many people’s initial reaction to this type of giving is that people “will just drink away” the money they are given, but that kind of behaviour is rare. Typically those in need use the money on things they really need. According to GiveDirectly.org’s Jacob Goldstein, “there’s a very econ-101 idea going on here, which is each person knows what he or she needs.”
Emily DeCiccio, “Giving cash directly to the poor”
MSNBC, August 27, 2013-09-30
https://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/27/giving-cash-directly-to-the-poor/
by Yannick Vanderborght | Oct 6, 2013 | Research
Linda with her free gifts for attending the Bank of Namibia symposium -CGE-Southern Africa
Linda Raven, an American who works in Namibia teaching visiting university students, uses this blog to discuss Karl Widerquist’s two talks on BIG in Namibia in September. Raven contrasts the two talks—one given at a symposium hosted by the central bank, the other given at a community center in a poorer area of Windhoek—and connects these contrasts to the need for BIG in Namibia.
Linda Raven, “Basic Income Grant in Namibia,” Center For Global Education-Southern Africa, Tuesday, October 1, 2013:
See also the following related stories on BI News:
Windhoek, Namibia, “Basic Income Grant: A remedy for poverty and inequality in Namibia?” 24 September 2013.
WINDHOEK, Namibia, “Social safety nets in Namibia: Assessing current programmes and future options,” September 26, 2013.
Elvis Muraranganda, “US academic wants Namibia to go BIG”
by Yannick Vanderborght | Oct 4, 2013 | Research
This paper develops and defends an account of exploitation that is based on the kindred ideas of vulnerability and power, and argues against accounts of exploitation based on distributive justice. One strand of the argument consists in showing that a universal basic income will not normally be a sufficient condition for the removal of exploitation thus conceived (whether or not it is a necessary condition).
References:VROUSALIS, Nicholas (2013), ‘Exploitation, Vulnerability, and Social Domination’, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 41(2), 131-157. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papa.12013/abstract
by Yannick Vanderborght | Oct 3, 2013 | Research
This article reports on Karl Widerquist’s lecture on BIG at the Bank of Namibia conference and on Social Safety Nets on September 26, 2013. The article also reports on the debate over BIG in Namibia. According to Widerquist, the quotes in the article are inaccurate, but they capture the overall message of his talk.
Elvis Muraranganda, “US academic wants Namibia to go BIG,” The Namibian Sun, Wednesday September 25, 2013.
by Karl Widerquist | Oct 2, 2013 | Research
This article (authored by Andrew and Elliot from Thames Valley Plan C) outlines the revolutionary potential offered by a universal basic income. Beyond the boons of added security and large-scale reductions in poverty lie the seeds of a more profound societal transformation that can unite currently disparate progressive movements.
Thames Valley Plan C, “UBI: A Necessary Part of Progress,” Basic Income UK, September 13, 2013
Photo Christopher Andrews
by Karl Widerquist | Sep 30, 2013 | Research
Tina Rosenberg
[Timothy Roscoe Carter]
In a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times, Tina Rosenberg summarizes recent results from the Give Directly campaign in Kenya and a couple of other unconditional cash transfer programs in Uganda and contrasts them with conditional transfer programs in Mexico and Brazil.
Tina Rosenberg, “The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions“, New York Times Opinion pages, August 28, 2013
