[Josh Martin]
A South African human rights organization named Black Sash have welcomed the social grants already in place, but want the government to “seriously” consider basic income grants as well.
Emilia Motsai, “Basic Income Grant is Necessary”, The Citizen, 3 April 2014
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The Sheffield Equality Group has conducted a pilot survey of attitudes twoard basic income. The sample-size was small, and it was gathered without employing randomized sampling techniques. Therefore, the results cannot be considered representative; the author’s “primary aim was to assess the diversity of response, pilot the survey and explore possible results and consideration for a wider scale survey.”
Nevertheless, these initial results are interesting. Only 15% of respondents thought the current welfare system works well for the UK as a whole. 79% agreed People would do more voluntary or unwaged work if they got a basic income. 81% agreed it should be introduced for every UK citizen. And 85% agreed it would help businesses find temporary and flexible workers.
The author, Jason Leman, has worked in survey design and analysis for over a decade. He has researched political involvement and activity as part of gaining a Masters in Research.
An info graphic with some of the results and a link to the full report can be found at:
Sheffield Equality Group, “Basic Income Survey”, Sheffield Equality Group, April 2014.
The full report is online in PDF format:
Jason Leman, “Exploring a Future Welfare State: A Pilot Survey on the Basic Income.” Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Equality Group, March 2013.
Sheffield Equality Group Survey Results
Katarzyna Gajewska, “UBI, Power Relations and Housing Problems”, Basic Income UK: Towards an emancipatory welfare, 14th May 2014.
This article shows that an Indian Tribe’s introduction of a policy along the lines of a Basic Income Guarantee reduced the incidence of mental illness in children.
E. Jane Costello, Scott N. Compton, Gordon Keeler, and Adrian Angold, “Relationships Between Poverty and Psychopathology: A Natural Experiment.” JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003: Volume 290, No. 15, pages 2023-2029.
[Josh Martin]
Santens provides a thorough timeline of basic income ideas dating from 1776 to now, including details on major thinkers and publications related to the basic income.
Scott Santens, “A Brief History of Basic Income Ideas“, 2noame on Tumblr, 1 May 2014.
Scott Santens (Source: 2noame on Tumblr)
Joe Humphreys, “How equal should we strive to become?” Irish Times, 16th May 2014.
Joe Humphreys
