by Josh Martin | Aug 16, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
In this blog post, Brown goes over Paul Ryan’s plan for poverty and, after pointing out a few flaws in his plan, brainstorms possible solutions for poverty today. This leads Brown to a discussion on a basic income in which he cites two recent articles on the subject written by Gobry and Yglesias.
N. Christian Brown, “Morning Feature – Paul Ryan’s Poverty Bait-and-Switch, Part III: Asking the Right Questions (Non-Cynical Saturday)”, Blogistan Polytechnic Institute, 2 August 2014.
by Josh Martin | Aug 16, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
Gobry, a self-identified right-winger, used to support a basic income like many other conservatives have in the past; now, he doesn’t. Gobry understands the allure of the basic income, but in this critique of the basic income, Gobry uses an analysis from Jim Manzi of a set of randomized field trials from the 60’s to the 90’s in the USA and Canada to “prove” that the basic income fails. Science is on his side, he claims. To him, the only welfare policies that successfully place people into work are the policies with work requirements.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, “Progressives’ hot new poverty-fighting idea has just one basic problem: Science”, The Week, 21 July 2014.
People need to work, not just for income, but emotional health. (Source: The Week)
by Josh Martin | Jul 20, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
Rader calls upon the reader’s imagination in his introduction, to imagine a world where children are not forced into work, where there is no poverty. He believes this world is attainable if a basic income is established, and he calls the reader to action in supporting such a policy.
Gaura Rader, “Imagine a World Without Poverty”, The Socratic Diablogs, 6 July 2014.
Gaura Rader (Source: The Socratic Diablogs)
by Josh Martin | Jun 17, 2014 | Research
[Josh Martin]
This post examines the common objection to the basic income that people will spend the cash on alcohol and cigarettes. The article discusses a new paper from the World Bank that found that transfers are not consistently used for alcohol or tobacco.
Dylan Matthews, “More evidence that giving poor people money is a great cure for poverty”, Vox, 7 June 2014.
It turns out that the problem of people not having enough money is solved by giving them more money. (Photo courtesy of GiveDirectly)
by Karl Widerquist | Jun 7, 2014 | Research
This article shows that an Indian Tribe’s introduction of a policy along the lines of a Basic Income Guarantee reduced the incidence of mental illness in children.
E. Jane Costello, Scott N. Compton, Gordon Keeler, and Adrian Angold, “Relationships Between Poverty and Psychopathology: A Natural Experiment.” JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003: Volume 290, No. 15, pages 2023-2029.
