by Craig Axford | Sep 8, 2014 | Research
Betty Wallace, a recipient of the monthly payments who still lives in the farmhouse where she lived in the 1970s, recalled Mincome’s major impact on some families. Benjamin Shingler
[Craig Axford]
Residents of Dauphin, Manitoba who benefited from Canada’s experiment with a basic income guarantee look back upon it fondly. Research conducted four decades after the so-called “Mincome” experiment found the project resulted in a significant decline in hospital visits without producing a reduction in labor market participation.
Benjamin Shingler, “Money for nothing: Mincome experiment could pay dividends 40 years on”, Aljazeera America, August 26, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | Sep 5, 2014 | Research
Daily Kos
SUMMARY: This article argues that there will come a day when most human labor is outmoded, replaced by machines. The author the argues, “And what do we do on that day – or rather, on the daisy-chain of days, months and years that Great Shedding will likely fall across? There are a lot of bad options, but maybe at least a few good ones. I’m personally a fan of the UBI – Universal Basic Income – in which the government drops all unemployment and other social safety net programs, including Social Security, in favor of a baseline, lifetime income (say, just above poverty level) for every American citizen. You want to work anyway? Great. Your work income is icing on the cake. The UBI is yours whether your other income is seven figures or none.”
Jaxpagan, “Your Services Are No Longer Required – The Coming “Great Idleness.” the Daily Kos, Aug 12, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | Sep 4, 2014 | Research
SUMMARY: Oil tax revenue funds Alaska’s Permanent Fund, which distributes dividends equally to state residents. Peter Barnes wants a nationwide dividend system (or basic income) based on shared assets like our atmosphere.
Peter Barnes, “Why you have the right to a $5K dividend from Uncle Sam.” PBS Newshour, August 27, 2014
Photo by Flickr user EricaJoy via PBS Newshour
by USBIG | Sep 4, 2014 | Research
Karl Widerquist
ABSTRACT: This chapter discusses the possibility of the government using common assets to set up an endowment that will generate revenue for the people. It argues that in addition to generating a lot of money, this strategy will provide a much better mechanism for managing the environment for the good of current and future generations.
Karl Widerquist. “A People’s Endowment.” A Discussion paper in SelectedWorks of Karl Widerquist. BEPRESS, 2014.
by Craig Axford | Sep 1, 2014 | Research
"Each year, about 40 percent of all food in the United States goes uneaten."
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The notion that there is not enough to go around is a common theme these days. However, this author argues there is plenty to go around and a living income guarantee is possible.
Gabrielle Goodrow, “There is Enough! Stopping the Cycle of Ignorance with LIG”, Living Income Guaranteed, May 28, 2014
by Craig Axford | Aug 31, 2014 | Research
"Certain basic conditions need to be present for a democratic society to arise: security from hunger, security from lack of shelter, conditions that precede and support political rights must exist."
[Craig Axford]
Presented on July 27, 2014, at the 15th International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network, this paper considers the tension within democratic societies between inalienable rights that can’t be sold and the sale of alienable commodities upon which the economies of modern capitalist societies depend.
Elliot Sperber, “The Alienable, the Inalienable, and an actually Democratic Society”, Heathwood Press, July 27, 2014
