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News on the global Basic Income debate
UK: Book Launch of Malcolm Torry’s Citizen’s Basic Income: A Christian Social Policy
Torry will speak on his recent book on September 12 at St Martin in the Bull Ring in Birmingham.
HISTORY of UBI: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 21st Century
Investopedia published an article in May this year, “The Long, Weird History of Basic Income – And Why It’s Back” In this article, written by David Floyd, the history of support of UBI is described from the period of hunter-gatherer societies and how the networks in...
UNITED STATES: The American Enterprise Institute releases a proposal for a universal basic income
(Former Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor speaking at the American Enterprise Institute. Credit to: The Washington Post) The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, released a piece of research in late May, which was an attempt to...
AUSTRALIA: Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen (Labor Party) Urges Party NOT to Support Universal Basic Income
Chris Bowen. Credit to Britta Campion Shadow Treasurer of the Australian Labor Party, Chris Bowen who is the Opposition Minister for Government expenditure and revenue raising, delivered a speech to the progressive think tank PerCapita in Sydney on June 9th,...
AT Kearney: “Best Things in Life Are Free?”
Credit to: AT Kearney. Courtney McCaffrey and others from AT Kearney published an article on the debate around Universal Basic Income (UBI) in markets throughout the world. Politicians, in both Europe and North America, are winning on campaign trails with talk...
Michael Faye, “Basic income could transform society. But first, it needs to be tested”
Basic income is an issue which raises strong feelings on both sides of the debate, but can we really rely on untested assumptions?
GUERNSEY: BIEN Chair Louise Haagh discusses basic income at longevity conference
BIEN Chair Louise Haagh spoke basic income at Journey to 100, a longevity-themed conference held last month in Guernsey.
GERMANY: Schleswig-Holstein coalition shows interest in exploring basic income (but no pilot yet)
June 2017 saw rumors that a basic income experiment would be launched in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. While these rumors were inaccurate, a political coalition in the state has called to further research in basic income.
Dutch Government authorizes social assistance experiments in five municipalities
Groningen, Wageningen, Tilburg, Deventer, and Ten Boer will run two-year experiments on the lessening of conditions on welfare benefits.
ALASKA, US: Survey shows support for Permanent Fund Dividend amid continued legal controversy
The Economy Security Project has published the results of a new survey of Alaskans’ attitudes towards the state’s Permanent Fund Dividend.
