Pramit Bhattacharya “Subsidies must give way to a universal basic income: Pranab Bardhan.” Live Mint, Dec 13 2014.
Subsidies must give way to a universal basic income: Pranab Bardhan -LiveMint
Guy Standing, “Cash transfers can work better than subsidies.” The Hindu, December 6, 2014.
necessary?“The Public Distribution System acts as a deterrent to local food production.” Picture shows a woman showing her ration card to purchase subsidised rice in Rayagada, Odisha.— Photo: AP via the Hindu
This opinion piece discusses results of the recent Basic Income pilot project in India.
Renana Jhabvala, “No conditions apply.” The Indian Express, December 9, 2014.
The CTs enabled children to go to school, often switching from a non-functional government school to a private one. -The Indian Express
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Simon Thorpe , “Is the idea of an Unconditional Basic Income starting to get traction?“ Simon Thorpe’s Ideas on the Economy, 21 December 2014
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Robin McGhee, “Opinion: Universal Basic Income is the way forward for the Liberal Democrats”, Liberal Democratic Voice, 19 December 2014
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Protesters after recent killing of black Americans by the police. Picture credit: Debra Sweet and Flickr. Licensed by Creative Commons.
The author discusses the recent controversial deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and goes on to discuss the issue of poverty in black America. At the end he proposes a Basic Income as a way to relieve or fix this problem.
Adam Cowden, “Moving Forward After Ferguson and Staten Island”, The Huffington Post UK, 10 December 2014
