[Liam Upton]
An aerial view of the city of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo: Dauphin Economic Development/Facebook)
Zi-Ann Lum, “A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It”, The Huffington Post Canada, December 23 2014
[Josh Martin]
Matthews has written extensively on the basic income on Vox, and his most recent work is this brief two minute video explaining the history of basic income ideas in the USA, including policies produced by President Nixon in 1969 and the Negative Income Tax experiments in the USA in the 1970s.
Dylan Matthews, “We know how to end poverty. So why don’t we?”, Vox, 14 November 2014.
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Vox, “We know how to end poverty. So why don’t we?“, 2014 November 14
[Craig Axford]
In this post from BillMoyers.com 10 different steps to eliminating poverty in the United States are outlined. Though a basic income guarantee is not mentioned directly, expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is. Currently childless workers don’t benefit from this tax credit much. By expanding the program to include all workers, together with an increase in the minimum wage, the authors point out that millions could be lifted out of poverty.
Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach, “Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class”, BillMoyers.com, October 3, 2014
Beliefs about Poverty
The author contrasts the thoroughness of the statistical knowledge of poverty with the inadequacy of the current attempted solutions, and proposes the “Living Income Guaranteed” as the optimal solution.
Living Income Now, “Beliefs about Poverty”, Living Income Now, 2014 September 25
