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Here you will find articles expressing opinions about current issues in the Basic Income debate. Opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of BIEN.
Could basic income play a role in the fight against unfree labour?
Credit Picture CC(Paul Domenick) A series of articles concerning the role which basic income (BI) could play in the fight against unfree labour in now on openDemocracy. The introduction by Neil Howard sets the tone for the debate: even though many thinks that coercion...
Ireland 2029: Should Ireland introduce a universal basic income?
In this 30 minute podcast, the possibility of introducing an Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Ireland is analyzed, if it were introduced in a ten-year timespan. Lúí Smyth, representing the activist group Basic Income Ireland, talks about reasons to implement basic...
“A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments:” an early version of this book is available for free download
An early version of the book, A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments, is available for free download on my selected works website. The devil’s in the details is a common saying about policy proposals. Perhaps we need a similar saying for policy research,...
UBI Calculator answers basic income’s big question
Conrad Shaw wants America to know about Universal Basic Income, and he has two big projects to help make it happen.
Groups calling for basic income experiments spread across the UK
Groups across the UK are calling for pilots of a radical alternative to the current welfare system.
My failure to change Canada’s basic income narrative
A journey to convince the Liberal Party of Canada to include a promise to implement basic income as a commitment to the electorate should they win re-election.
End the threat of economic destitution now
Karl Widerquist (This article was originally published by Open Democracy, 17 September 2019) UBI is the opposite of something for nothing. It is the just compensation for all the one-sided rules of property and property regulations that society imposes on individuals....
The justification for basic income is ethical
Guy Standing explains “the real reasons for wanting to support a basic income is a matter of common justice.”
Basic Income as 40 Acres and a Mule
This whole program is voluntary...The men don't have to...if they don't want to. But we need you to starve them to death if they don’t. -“Milo Minderbinder,” Joseph Heller, Catch-22 Basic Income does something virtually no other policy in the modern economy can do: it...
Exporting the Alaska Model: An early version now available for free download
An early version of the book, Exporting the Alaska Model, is available for download for the first time. This is possible because most academic publishers allow authors and editors to post early versions of their works on their person websites. A preview, written in...
Is It Time To Talk About Universal Basic Income?
Talk of a universal basic income has been in the news a lot recently, but what does it all mean?
Canada’s Child Benefit is basic income ‘hiding in plain sight’
In July 2016, the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau introduced Unconditional Basic Income to Canada and never mentioned it to anyone.
