Jon Evans, “After Technology Destroys Capitalism.”
From TechCrunch
This article discusses the current movement of basic income in context of technology replacing employment.
Jon Evans, “After Technology Destroys Capitalism.” TechCrunch, May 3, 2014.
AUDIO: Jian Ghomeshi, “Giving money directly to poor mothers: lessons from Brazil.”
Ten years ago, Brazil introduced a radical plan to fight poverty — give cash, every month, directly to mothers. It was self-consciously introduced as a first step toward phasing in an unconditional basic income. In audio segment, the CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi “speaks with Olga Khazan, associate editor for The Atlantic, about the program’s successes and shortcomings, and what it has meant in a country with a checkered history with women’s issues.”
Jian Ghomeshi, “Giving money directly to poor mothers: lessons from Brazil.” Q Blog: CBC Radio, June 10, 2014.
Grandmother Edelice dos Santos and mother Maria Cristina stand before their family in a government-subsized home in Aguas Lindas, Brazil. (Eraldo Peres/AP via CBC Radio)
The Centre for Welfare Reform “Manifesto for a Fair Society.”
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: The cuts that are being imposed by central government in the United Kingdom are very unfair because they target the poor and disabled people. However it is not enough to fight the cuts, we also need to think what we are fighting for. The Manifesto for a Fair Society was developed to share 8 key ideas for a fairer society:
1. Human Rights – society and our welfare system needs to be founded upon our human rights.
2. Clear Entitlements – everyone must know what we are entitled to and how to control it.
3. Early Support – we must help each other avoid crises and family breakdown.
4. Equal Access – we need full and equal access to homes, jobs, communities and all opportunities.
5. Choice & Control – everyone should have the freedom to make their own choices and shape their own lives.
6. Fair Incomes – everyone must have the security of a decent minimum income.
7. Fair Taxes – everyone must make a fair contribution, without hidden taxes on the poorest.
8. Financial Reform – our systems must be sustainable and affordable for the future.
The Centre for Welfare Reform “Manifesto for a Fair Society” The Centre for Welfare Reform (UK), 2011.
Manifesto for a Fair Society -The Center for Welfare Reform
Fiona Ranford, “Care work is a 24 hour a day job, Mr Balls, and should be paid as such.”
Mother and child, John H White, Flickr via Our Kingdom
SUMMARY: According to this article, UK government proposal to 25 hours a week free childcare is to be welcomed. But it fails to get to the core of a sexist economy which relies on care work being done for free 24 hours a day. The author, Fiona Ranford, makes the feminist case for a Basic Income. Fiona Ranford is a feminist activist in London.
Fiona Ranford, “Care work is a 24 hour a day job, Mr Balls, and should be paid as such.” Our Kingdom, September 2013.
Ian Maleney, “Basic Income Summer Forum.”
This article reacts to Yannick Vanderborght’s presentation at the “Basic Income Summer Forum in Dublin on June 7, 2014.
Ian Maleney, “Basic Income Summer Forum.” Irish Left Review, June 11, 2014.
Yannick Vanderborght’s presentation at the “Basic Income Summer Forum” via the Irish Left Review
Simon Duffy and John Dalrymple, “Basic Income Security.”
ABSTRACT: The paper sets out a proposal for the reform of the income security system in an independent Scotland. It proposes the development of a system where all Scottish citizens would receive a minimum income – Basic Income Security. This is a working paper, we welcome comments, we will produce a final version in partnership with the Scottish Campaign for a Fair Society. In summary the paper argues for:
- Integration of tax and benefits
- Pro-family approach to tax and benefits, supporting families in all their forms
- Simplified tax and benefit calculations (into one set of questions)
- Security by means of universal, non-means-tested, entitlement
- Fair rates of taxation, removing extreme taxes on the poorest
- Human rights, embedded in a new constitution for Scotland
- Public committee to shape core entitlements, open to submission and scrutiny
Simon Duffy and John Dalrymple, “Basic Income Security.” The Centre for Welfare Reform (UK), 2013.
