by Karl Widerquist | Jun 1, 2013 | Research
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income
According to the publisher, “Freedom is commonly understood in two different ways: the absence of restriction or interference (scalar freedom) and the absence of slavery or oppression (status freedom). Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership—simply, freedom as the power to say no. This exciting new volume argues for and explores the implications of this theory of freedom. It shows that most societies today put the poor in situations in which they lack this crucial freedom, making them vulnerable to poverty, exploitation, and injustice. Widerquist argues that the basic income guarantee is an appropriate institution to help secure status freedom in a modern industrial society.”
Karl Widerquist is an associate professor in Political Philosophy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. This book is the first of two planned books examining a theory of justice he called “justice as the pursuit of accord.”
This book is part of Palgrave-Macmillan’s series “Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee.”
Widerquist, Karl, Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No, Palgrave Macmillan, March 2013. ISBN: 978-1-137-27472-4, ISBN10: 1-137-27472-7, 5.500 x 8.500 inches, 256 pages, $100.
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by Karl Widerquist | May 30, 2013 | Research
Mike Alberti and Kevin C. Brown recently published two in-depth articles on the history of the guaranteed income movement in the United States. The first discusses the moment in the late 1960s and early 1970s that the guaranteed income was a widely-discussed policy proposal in the United States. During that period the U.S. conducted four pilot projects studying a guaranteed income and a (water-down) proposal to introduce a national guaranteed income passed the House of Representatives by a wide margin, only to fail narrowly in the Senate. The second article discusses the change in values that caused the guaranteed income to fall out of mainstream politics in the United States in the 1980s. A third article is planned to cover the recent history of the guaranteed (basic) income movement in the United States.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson meet in March 1966. King favored guaranteed income as a method for eliminating poverty.
Remapping Debate is a news website with offices located in the Flatiron District of New York City. It is committed to original reporting. Sponsored by the Anti-Discrimination Center, Remapping Debatecovers the full spectrum of domestic public policy issues.
Mike Alberti has worked for Remapping Debate since its launch, and is now its chief correspondent. Mike graduated with a B.A. in English from Vassar College in 2009. Email: ma@remappingdebate.org
Kevin C. Brown is a staff reporter at Remapping Debate. He holds a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Carnegie Mellon University. Kevin is also the creator and host of Remapping Debate’s “History for the Future” interview series, which he started in 2010 at WRCT-Pittsburgh. Email: kb@remappingdebate.org
FIRST ARTICLE: Alberti, Mike and Kevin C. Brown, “Guaranteed income’s moment in the sun,” Remapping Debate, April 24, 2013
https://www.remappingdebate.org/article/guaranteed-income%E2%80%99s-moment-sun
SECOND ARTICLE: Alberti, Mike and Kevin C. Brown, “Loss of support for guaranteed income reflects radical shift in values,” Remapping Debate, April 24, 2013
https://www.remappingdebate.org/article/loss-support-guaranteed-income-reflects-radical-shift-values
by Citizens' Income Trust | May 28, 2013 | Research
This editorial argues that recent proposed changes in Britain’s tax and benefit system would have a more stimulative and beneficial effect on Britain’s economy if they were reformulated as a Citizens (or basic) Income.
The Citizen’s Income Trust, “Editorial: The 2013 budget,” 2013, issue 2: www.citizensincome.org
by Citizens' Income Trust | May 28, 2013 | Research
This article discusses the problem of poverty in Indian and argues that recent basic income pilot projects conducted in India show how the country would benefit from moving toward a basic income system. The author is Professor of Development at SOAS (University of London) and honorary co-president of BIEN.
Guy Standing, “Can Basic Income Cash Transfers Transform India?” 2013, issue 2: www.citizensincome.org
by Yannick Vanderborght | May 27, 2013 | Research
SOAS, a publication of the University of London, published an article on May 10, 3013 on the Indian basic income pilot project including quotes from an interview with Guy Standing, one of the organizers of the project.
SOAS, “Unique pilot schemes assess impact of basic income schemes on India’s rural poor,” 10 May 2013
https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem84314.html
by Citizens' Income Trust | May 27, 2013 | Research
The Citizen’s Income Trust (CIT) is the UK affiliate of BIEN. This issue of the CIT’s newsletter, the Citizen’s Income Newsletter contains news, book reviews, an editorial, an opinion piece, an in-depth article on cash transfers and basic income in India.
The Citizen’s Income Trust, Citizen’s Income Newsletter, 2013, issue 2: www.citizensincome.org
For more information, email: info@citizensincome.org
