by Craig Axford | May 10, 2014 | Research
We need not fear him. Photograph: Getty Images.
[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: With technology increasingly taking the place of unskilled workers in particular, this article argues a basic income guarantee offers a way to provide a universal safety net that will enable us to adjust to the changing relationship between capital and work. The Swiss, the author claims, may be the first country to demonstrate adopting a BIG may be politically feasible.
Raphael Gray, “Learning to Live With Machines: We need to take the idea of a universal basic income seriously”, New Statesman, March 26, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | May 9, 2014 | Research
ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the effects of implementing a basic income on the labor supply side. The German welfare as well as tax and social contributions system are investigated. The results clarify that the abolishment of the so-called unemployment trap due to a basic income policy is a decisive advantage of this approach. In order to demonstrate possible labor supply side reactions to a basic income policy, we use the neoclassical labor supply model and adapt it for our purposes. We compare the effects of implementing a basic income on different types of employees concerning their consumption preferences. We show that, even in the neoclassical labor supply model without intrinsic work motivation, the basic income increases the participation rate in the labor market. Furthermore, current employees are partially incited to increase their labor supply. Therefore, a basic income would not only reduce unemployment but could also expand the magnitude of employment.
Gilroy Bernard Michael, Heimann Anastasia, & Schopf Mark, 2013. “Basic Income and Labour Supply: The German Case,” Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 43-70, July.
by Craig Axford | May 9, 2014 | Research
[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: In this short post the author cites the prospect of long-term technologically driven unemployment as a fundamental reason behind his endorsement of Switzerland’s basic income guarantee proposal.
Philip Khaled Brenan, “Switzerland, the Basic Income, and Technological Unemployment”, The Cat House, March 26, 2014
by Craig Axford | May 8, 2014 | Research
[Craig Axford]
SUMMARY: Retired psychiatrist Dr. Gill Caradoc-Davies argues the term “child poverty” is misplaced. Children are by their nature “embedded” in their families, and to address child poverty it will be necessary for countries like New Zealand to address poverty in its entirety. To accomplish that, the author argues, a universal basic income is the best approach.
Dr. Gill Caradoc-Davies, “Urgent need to alter NZ’s wealth”, Otago Daily Times, March 28, 2014
by Karl Widerquist | May 7, 2014 | Research
Barbara Jacobson
SUMMARY: Every month the New Internationalist invites two experts to debate, and then invite readers to join the conversation online. This April Barb Jacobson and author and Francine Mestrum debate basic income. YES: Barb Jacobson is co-ordinator of Basic Income UK. A former member of Wages for Housework, she has been active in community organizations since 1991, mainly around housing and health. She works for the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association in central London. NO: Francine Mestrum has a PhD in social sciences. Her research concerns social development, poverty, inequality, globalization and gender relations. She is co-ordinator of Global Social Justice and represents CETRI (Centre Tricontinental) in the International Council of the World Social Forum.
Francine Mestrum
Barb Jacobson and Francine Mestrum, “Should there be a basic income?” The New Internationalist Magazine, April 2014
by Mathieu Ferry | May 7, 2014 | Research
Basic income has been introduced replacing energy and food subsidies
[Mathieu Ferry]
Language: French
Jacques Berthillier, “Comment l’Iran a instauré un revenu de base sans le vouloir [How Iran has established a basic income without meaning to]”, Revenu de base, December 10, 2013.
